May 2020
Intermediate to advanced
824 pages
17h 16m
English
At first, there was HTML, then DHTML. Technologists invented new technologies like Java, JavaScript, PHP, and many others to deliver interactive experiences over the browser. The holy grail of programming was writing a program once and running it everywhere. In a flash, the era of Single-Page Applications (SPAs) was born. SPAs tricked the browser into thinking that a single index.html could house entire applications containing many pages. Backbone.js, Knockout.js, and Angular.js all came and went. Everyone reeling from unmanaged complexity and JavaScript-framework-of-the-week syndrome looked for a savior. Then came React, Angular, and Vue. They promised to fix all problems, bring about universally reusable ...