If I may be pedantic, the following is a valid website:
Yep, just an empty file. Consider yourself code-golfed. 😜
This is one thing I love about the "old web" though. You could literally start from zero and learn as you go. And you still can, it just takes a lot longer to catch up to the pack. Module bundlers, build toolchains, transpilers, frameworks...I love these things and the power they give me as a dev, but I am a little sad about what we've lost in the process.
Module bundlers, build toolchains, transpilers, frameworks...I love these things and the power they give me as a dev, but I am a little sad about what we've lost in the process.
They're not lost, they're still here! All those technologies we used 20 years ago still work just fine. In fact in a lot of cases they work better and are easier to use than the technologies you mention.
My blog is proudly "just" HTML and one CSS file. Works great.
Ha! I was also surprised to see how forgiving the 'old web' is. It definitely had something magical about it, to have such a low barrier to get started. Especially as a kid. But in all honesty, I'm very happy with my modern tools too :)
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If I may be pedantic, the following is a valid website:
Yep, just an empty file. Consider yourself code-golfed. 😜
This is one thing I love about the "old web" though. You could literally start from zero and learn as you go. And you still can, it just takes a lot longer to catch up to the pack. Module bundlers, build toolchains, transpilers, frameworks...I love these things and the power they give me as a dev, but I am a little sad about what we've lost in the process.
They're not lost, they're still here! All those technologies we used 20 years ago still work just fine. In fact in a lot of cases they work better and are easier to use than the technologies you mention.
My blog is proudly "just" HTML and one CSS file. Works great.
Ha! I was also surprised to see how forgiving the 'old web' is. It definitely had something magical about it, to have such a low barrier to get started. Especially as a kid. But in all honesty, I'm very happy with my modern tools too :)