I actually have a friend who wrote in Dojo, so was aware of its existence, but had no idea it was so influential/early in the First Frameworks era. Same with GWT/Closure, as has been mentioned by others. I did run this article by some mentors who have been in the industry since the 90s before posting, as I wanted to make sure I didn't gloss over it entirely, but unfortunately it seems they didn't experience those either.
And I think that's the core of the issue, even people who were around at that time do not remember all of these things. Ultimately, even those of us who are trying our best are going to miss details, and this is only going to get worse as we get further and further away from the beginning. Honestly it seems like this is a job for historians, and unfortunately I am not one, just a dev trying to share my thoughts and experience
> and the error of suggesting XHR came later
According to Wikipedia, XHR was introduced in 1999, 4 years after JS was introduced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest
And I think that's the core of the issue, even people who were around at that time do not remember all of these things. Ultimately, even those of us who are trying our best are going to miss details, and this is only going to get worse as we get further and further away from the beginning. Honestly it seems like this is a job for historians, and unfortunately I am not one, just a dev trying to share my thoughts and experience
> and the error of suggesting XHR came later
According to Wikipedia, XHR was introduced in 1999, 4 years after JS was introduced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest