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by cubano 2028 days ago
Yes for sure..I worked as a corporate contractor for AT&T in 1990's and I was doing client/server apps using MSVC++ that are basically identical to React-type wideweb dev...

Indeed, your absolutely correct in saying it was obvious where webapps had to go, and that HTML and CSS just wasn't going to get us there.
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amenod 2028 days ago
Nitpick: "...and that HTML just wasn't going to get us there" (CSS came out in 1996).
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BearOso 2028 days ago
And CSS wasn’t widely used until a few years into the ‘00s. Only then did more consistent layout engines finally make it viable for stuff other than just styling text.
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cubano 2027 days ago
Damn...I've forgotten more about the timelines of this stuff then most people know.
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amenod 2027 days ago
Me too. But your comment surprised me as I remember hearing about this new thing "JavaScript" waaaaay earlier than about CSS. I didn't actually know they came out this close together.
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