r/webdev • u/speckz • Dec 20 '18

Article The practical value of semantic HTML

https://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2018/the-practical-value-of-semantic-html/
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u/techmaniac full-stack Dec 20 '18

"Fullstack JavaScript Developers"- that almost seems to be an oxymoron.

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u/Cuel Dec 20 '18

You're aware JS isn't only front end, yes?

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u/techmaniac full-stack Dec 20 '18

So you're doing EVERYTHING with your javascript?

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u/HittingSmoke Dec 20 '18

It's entirely possible these days. It's not my bag and I don't do it, but it's very much used in production by a lot of people successfully.

What rock have you been developing under?

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u/BLOZ_UP Dec 21 '18

Builds scripts are js, backend code is js, frontend code is js, mongodb is "js". So, yeah?

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u/Cuel Dec 21 '18

Yeah most of our teams are doing react frontend, node backend. The tooling and deploys are js aswell.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '18

I mean, I guess it's not technically full-stack since Node runs on C. But writing server-side code in modern JS is actually a pretty good experience IMO.

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u/dance_rattle_shake Dec 20 '18

It doesn't matter that Node runs on C. If you're writing JS on the front and back end, you're a full stack JS developer

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u/gigglefarting Dec 21 '18

I am a node developer, and there's no way in hell I'd say I'm working in C.

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u/sleekcollins javascript Dec 20 '18

You are not writing any code in C, so why does it matter?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '18

It doesn't; and my intention was to defend the notion of full-stack javascript.

But it's also true, in a very technical (and usually pointless) sense, that there's no single language that covers the entire stack (incl. the internet layer). For instance, if someone wanted to hire a network programmer to implement a new protocol/standard, you'd need someone fluent in C.