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by ricksharp 2115 days ago
I think the environment has changed because of mobile. We had to figure out how to make things work on more than an always connected browser. Also it’s not all read-only info anymore.

But even so, with things like netlify, expo, etc. creating an interactive web or mobile app is not any more difficult.

In fact, with netlify, I could have a website publicially visible without all the horrible custom web management uis of the past (like cpanel).

If all that is needed is a simple html page, that’s literally minutes of following a few instructions and you are up in running.

Perhaps the problem is that there are so many options now that we have paralysis from too many choices. But the role of the teacher is to find the right tools that enable this easily.