Google allows for normal desktop IDEs, plus having a web based one. The funny thing is, many people move to the web based one because it is so good.
But Google is also unique in how piper/citc[0] (our source control) works. It's effectively designed for web/cloud based style development, so the workflow for web based dev and desktop dev are effectively the same.
So web dev can work, but I don't think the existing tech that most of the software industry has is built well to support it.
Google allows for normal desktop IDEs, plus having a web based one. The funny thing is, many people move to the web based one because it is so good.
But Google is also unique in how piper/citc[0] (our source control) works. It's effectively designed for web/cloud based style development, so the workflow for web based dev and desktop dev are effectively the same.
So web dev can work, but I don't think the existing tech that most of the software industry has is built well to support it.
[0] https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2016/7/204032-why-google-stor...