The point of the article was if you are doing web you have to do JavaScript a conclusion I agree with. JavaScript and Browser based apps is the web of the future when talking about apps. Most new development of web applications are taking place not with struts or ASP or PHP but with JavaScript relegation the others to providing REST services to the browser based app.
Personally I could not be happier, I hated the old page POST model for anything other than web magazines. It was painful to gyrate back to the server for every state change. I agree with the authors conclusion JavaScript is rapidly becoming the default language of the web UI and not having experience in it will put you at a disadvantage if you plan to do web UI work.
The interesting part that I see is just as the role of the designer and developer defined over the last 15 years to become two independent roles we are now seeing the roles of UX developer and systems developer diverge. I know a good deal of people on each side of the fence who are happy about that fact.
I see Java and C# guy that are happy that their role stops at the REST service interface. And I see front end guys who are ecstatic about not having to worry about contorting objects into relational structures and integrating with queues and legacy systems. I see the new web apps as a maturing of the art.
Personally I could not be happier, I hated the old page POST model for anything other than web magazines. It was painful to gyrate back to the server for every state change. I agree with the authors conclusion JavaScript is rapidly becoming the default language of the web UI and not having experience in it will put you at a disadvantage if you plan to do web UI work.
The interesting part that I see is just as the role of the designer and developer defined over the last 15 years to become two independent roles we are now seeing the roles of UX developer and systems developer diverge. I know a good deal of people on each side of the fence who are happy about that fact.
I see Java and C# guy that are happy that their role stops at the REST service interface. And I see front end guys who are ecstatic about not having to worry about contorting objects into relational structures and integrating with queues and legacy systems. I see the new web apps as a maturing of the art.