Dude, comeon. The browser has evolved a lot as a platform, as has the hardware power of computers running them. Maybe we're re-writing computer history, but if that's the case then it's because we have to migrate everything to javascript and the wiser old timers want nothing to do with it.
* Do you really want to write CSS without a pre-processor?
* Do you really want to control a webpage's state without JS models in the browser?
* Do you really want to update html with individual jquery calls?
* Do you really want to write websites _without_ using jquery? Keep in mind that jquery is only 10 years old.
I'm glad that we have an open market to exchange people's ideas. Yes, a lot of it is crap, and even among the highly adopted packages there will be problems. But that's the beauty of the market-- people can vote with their feet.
This article sums up how I feel: http://mrmrs.io/writing/2015/07/27/too-many-tools/
> "Four–fifths of everybody's work must be bad. But the remnant is worth the trouble for its own sake." - Rudyard Kipling in 1890
* Do you really want to write CSS without a pre-processor?
* Do you really want to control a webpage's state without JS models in the browser?
* Do you really want to update html with individual jquery calls?
* Do you really want to write websites _without_ using jquery? Keep in mind that jquery is only 10 years old.
I'm glad that we have an open market to exchange people's ideas. Yes, a lot of it is crap, and even among the highly adopted packages there will be problems. But that's the beauty of the market-- people can vote with their feet.
This article sums up how I feel: http://mrmrs.io/writing/2015/07/27/too-many-tools/
> "Four–fifths of everybody's work must be bad. But the remnant is worth the trouble for its own sake." - Rudyard Kipling in 1890