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Discussion on: In defense of the modern web

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Wayne Smallman

During the Second World War, the Germans pioneered jet engines, but those aircraft lagged behind the established fixed-propeller aircraft because jet engines were at the bottom of their performance curve, while the established fixed-propeller were climbing towards their plateau. Now, we live in a world dominated by aircraft powered by jet engines.

We're seeing something similar here, and in time hand-built HTML websites and such should shift into the domain of training and hobbyist pursuits, while JavaScript frameworks become the established state of things.

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panesofglass

I think it is more an issue of scale. I just worked on a project that was all static content because the project was so small, we really didn’t need additional tooling. Adding a framework and tools would have been overkill. It will always depend on the size and scope and capabilities of the project and team.