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Well, I'm missing it - what exactly is "the point"? When building client side applications that have hundreds of components and must be able to function in a stand-alone mode robustly, potentially over multiple user sessions, until a network connection becomes available, having access to a robust implementation of proven, testable software development patterns makes sense to me. It did when I was building those client-side apps in Java or .NET, what changes now I am building them in the language with wider reach than any other in history? All of a sudden I should approach it like a script kiddy?

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Building a client side application that has hundreds of components and be able to function in a stand-alone mode robustly, potentially over multiple user sessions, until a network connection becomes available, having access to a robust implementation of proven, testable software development patterns:

- Objective C - Java + Android - Monad and #C

Why are we killing ourselves with browsers? I mean, to a degree I get the cross platform deal... but unless you are building for exactly that environment (ie NOT A WEB APPLICATION) then it doesn't make sense to me... at all. There are better tools.