The Reports of the Death of JavaScript are Greatly Exaggerated

June 16, 2018 Shawn Wildermuth No Comments.
webassembly javascript web development opinion

Not John BoltonThe notorious quip by Mark Twain came to mind today as I was reviewing comments to my recent blog post about Blazor, a lot of the comments talked about WebAssembly being the death of JavaScript.

The fact is that we've all been here before. In fact, we've been here many times. And I, for one, don't want to simply see WebAssembly as something to replace JavaScript. Here are my thoughts.

Single Page Applications? Bah Humbug!

September 01, 2014 Shawn Wildermuth No Comments.
Web Development Opinion

I know that the title of this post may be a bit of link bait, sorry about that. But having been in this business quite a while now, I am noticing a trend. A trend that worries me.

The Single Page Application (or SPA) moniker is one I’ve always disliked (as you’d know if you follow me on Twitter). But it’s not the technology I have a problem with, it’s the moniker and the implications of the moniker.

HTML5, XAML and Declarative User Interfaces

August 31, 2010 Shawn Wildermuth No Comments.
Silverlight XAML HTML5 Opinion

At the suggestion of Tim Heuer this week, I took a break from writing my Windows Phone 7 book to delve into HTML5 a bit. I wanted to see what was different and how it would possibly impact Rich Internet Applications (RIA).