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also, this creates more fragmentation in the node/web community which i don't really see the need for. being compatible with node/npm just carries with it the warts and problems instead of getting rid of them.
or is that GDPR nonsense still going to make those persist?
ok. js css html won the web platform. and they have an increasing piece of native. oops! this is not a random trend, but for a good reason.
java for GUIs is not going to be popular again. it's already been tested and it failed the test.
the old timer java mindset still wants the web but it does not want to learn web.
working with the web is not a "hack", nor is the DOM only suitable for representing "documents". you left in 1995 and failed to catch up with modern standards. it's a flexible system, but does not come with all the batteries. but to counterweigh that it has a massive ecosystem, a package manager with plenty of off the shelf parts, if you want them. performancewise, the browser engines are getting faster and faster every day, optimised for rendering. v8 is hugely successful natively. the DOM is very suitable as a generic GUI model to work with. back in 1995 it was not.
wake up Java devs. your arguments are getting increasingly flaky..
no consumer ever demanded the web to be like an app. this is marketing baloney crap. stop treating humans browsing the web as targets for advertisement and consumerism.
good luck trying to convince google of that. they are shaping the web just the way they want it. push notifications? nobody ever except the marketing apartment thought that was a good idea to add to anything. if we try making everything on the web like mobile apps we're gonna get garbage features like this and false expectations on what the web should be like.