I remember the older days (2005-8) when we would dump a load of HTML from the server-side and kept javascript (for the most part) managing the layout and, not to mention, coding the painful differences between browsers.. even IE6 to IE7.
As Javascript (likely thanks to jQuery for starters) got better with AJAX and supporting different browsers with less code, it seems Javascript transitioned to be a owner of data with events and triggers. As for the serverside, transitioned away from returning HTML but XML or the common Json data.
Away from jQuery (or alongside it) we ended up with Javascript frameworks leading to bindings or automated refresh of data with template views, etc. Things like mustache.js to knockoutjs to angularjs.
Now - its React, with node package managers, even grunt... to name a few... appear to be needed tools for web development these days. Its like we are just HIDING web development to an application. Underneath it all still remains the basics of HTML, CSS, Javascript -- and its relationship with the serverside language.
I will admit. In the early days of HTML development.. I hated it! Its not the HTML side of things, but the tools I had to use like Classic ASP or supporting different browsers. If we do web development today like its 2005... with modern programming languages and web browsers, "old school" web development is a joy.
In the last few years, I jumped back to the serverside generating the HTML again. I can still do "simple page" applications with AJAX returning a portion of HTML, etc.
When I explain this reasoning with other developers, I get a confused look on their face. I try to explain to them that the backend code has not changed. Its just an extra layer of returning the data back as HTML, rather than Json. It sounds like more but all it does it organise your HTML templates on the serverside, rather than just having it all done on the clientside.
Since then I have added htmx to the mix, which IMO compliments this original approach. I have made successful projects with it though I dont think I have won the co-workers. I dont think its because its the old school way or htmx -- its just they are so accustomed to the modern approach of web development.
I remember the older days (2005-8) when we would dump a load of HTML from the server-side and kept javascript (for the most part) managing the layout and, not to mention, coding the painful differences between browsers.. even IE6 to IE7.
As Javascript (likely thanks to jQuery for starters) got better with AJAX and supporting different browsers with less code, it seems Javascript transitioned to be a owner of data with events and triggers. As for the serverside, transitioned away from returning HTML but XML or the common Json data.
Away from jQuery (or alongside it) we ended up with Javascript frameworks leading to bindings or automated refresh of data with template views, etc. Things like mustache.js to knockoutjs to angularjs.
Now - its React, with node package managers, even grunt... to name a few... appear to be needed tools for web development these days. Its like we are just HIDING web development to an application. Underneath it all still remains the basics of HTML, CSS, Javascript -- and its relationship with the serverside language.
I will admit. In the early days of HTML development.. I hated it! Its not the HTML side of things, but the tools I had to use like Classic ASP or supporting different browsers. If we do web development today like its 2005... with modern programming languages and web browsers, "old school" web development is a joy.
In the last few years, I jumped back to the serverside generating the HTML again. I can still do "simple page" applications with AJAX returning a portion of HTML, etc.
When I explain this reasoning with other developers, I get a confused look on their face. I try to explain to them that the backend code has not changed. Its just an extra layer of returning the data back as HTML, rather than Json. It sounds like more but all it does it organise your HTML templates on the serverside, rather than just having it all done on the clientside.
Since then I have added htmx to the mix, which IMO compliments this original approach. I have made successful projects with it though I dont think I have won the co-workers. I dont think its because its the old school way or htmx -- its just they are so accustomed to the modern approach of web development.