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0 pointsSquareWheel8y ago0 comments

No kidding. I'm at the point of almost exclusively developing webapps. Universal, instant, and powerful. It's the perfect platform.

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goatlover8y ago

It's really not. HTML and CSS are far from ideal for making applications. JS has gotten better, but it still lacking in some ways. And there is no IDE for the web, whereas Smalltalk had one in the 70s, and numerous ones have existed for other platforms since then.

kowdermeister8y ago

Try VSCode it's one of the best IDE, it has code completion, built in documentation and even code autocomplete for JavaScript.

https://imgur.com/a/26oFa

goatlover8y ago

It's an IDE for a programming language, which is only part of the picture. Compare it to what the Flash IDE or Visual Basic offered developers. Or Smalltalk in terms of a fully customizable, live environment.

Maybe something that's a cross between Developer Tools, Flash Designer and the Smalltalk environment.

Anyway, VS Code isn't the development environment for the web. It's just one of many options for writing Javascript.

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artursapek8y ago

You have to wonder why it is, then, that the web has gotten so big and all of those other "platforms" are marked with tombstones.

goatlover8y ago

Obviously for other reasons, like the fact that everyone has a browser for free on their device, and everyone knows how to use Google. There are very strong network effects in favor of the web.

It is a great platform in some ways. But it's not ideal for creating applications.

SquareWheelOP8y ago

IntelliJ has multiple IDEs for web development, or programming text editors like VS Code and Sublime.

Even Chrome allows for a very fluid editing and debugging experience. Half the time I write my code directly in the browser.

goatlover8y ago

I had in mind IDE with visual layout in a live environment such as Chrome's dev tools.

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goatlover8y ago

kowdermeister8y ago

Try VSCode it's one of the best IDE, it has code completion, built in documentation and even code autocomplete for JavaScript.

https://imgur.com/a/26oFa

goatlover8y ago

Maybe something that's a cross between Developer Tools, Flash Designer and the Smalltalk environment.

Anyway, VS Code isn't the development environment for the web. It's just one of many options for writing Javascript.

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artursapek8y ago

You have to wonder why it is, then, that the web has gotten so big and all of those other "platforms" are marked with tombstones.

goatlover8y ago

Obviously for other reasons, like the fact that everyone has a browser for free on their device, and everyone knows how to use Google. There are very strong network effects in favor of the web.

It is a great platform in some ways. But it's not ideal for creating applications.

SquareWheelOP8y ago

IntelliJ has multiple IDEs for web development, or programming text editors like VS Code and Sublime.

Even Chrome allows for a very fluid editing and debugging experience. Half the time I write my code directly in the browser.

goatlover8y ago

I had in mind IDE with visual layout in a live environment such as Chrome's dev tools.

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