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Hello Mobile World!

Kim Arnett  on April 15, 2018

My introduction to mobile was a rough start. In fact, it was so rough I told myself I was never doing that again. When my first job offer came arou...
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Ben Halpern • Edited

If you've checked it out before, I guarantee things are different.

This can be a problem with software in general. Things that change greatly sometimes keep the same name, or a field evolves but we're stuck on our initial impressions from the beta days or tooling improves etc etc.

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Ben Sinclair

What are you including with "web" that goes back 40 years or more?

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Meghan (she/her) • Edited

The World Wide Web has been around since 1991 (making 30 years a little more accurate), though as I like to usually point out on things like this, The Extensible Web Manifesto came out in 2013. Meaning "modern" web devlopment with the ability to create more app-like experiences has only been around for ~5 years. Being a little more lenient, Chrome and Firefox came out in 2008, but that still only gives the modern web ~10 years.

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Tess

Thanks! I am new to tech and have been wanting to learn more about mobile development. Super helpful!