Writing code is so over

"My first web page (tragically unavailable in the Wayback Machine) was literally a single, large, sprawling index.html file at the root of my directory. I thought I was super cool because I had these thin, wide, rainbow GIF files that separated the sections of my page, divided into Hobbies, Favorite Movies, and, of course, the Under Construction section. And let's not forget the blinking text!"

"The early days of writing JavaScript were kind of like knitting with oven mitts on. It wasn't until jQuery came along that at least some semblance of order came to web development. jQuery gave you a modicum of control over the browser's Document Object Model (DOM). But of course every browser had a slightly different way of dealing with the DOM."

Early web pages were often a single, large index.html file at the root of a directory, featuring decorative elements like thin, wide, rainbow GIF separators, section headings such as Hobbies and Favorite Movies, Under Construction notices, and blinking text. The arrival of JavaScript and CSS introduced dynamic behavior and styling, but early JavaScript development was awkward and inconsistent across browsers. jQuery standardized DOM manipulation and simplified building user interfaces, while cross-browser differences persisted. Building structured applications and modules remained difficult, prompting the creation of many JavaScript frameworks including Backbone, Knockout, Meteor, Ember, and AngularJS, among numerous others.

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