In 2010, there was a time when HTML5 was compared to Flash.
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HTML5 vs. Flash: Who will own the web's interactive future?
Friday, April 30, 2010 There was an interesting presentation-turned-debate at BarCamp Boston titled "HTML5 vs. Flash". I had to wonder going in whether the presentation would be given by a defensive Flash developer or an eager HTML5 advocate. It turned ou
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As I remember it, the singularity? of HTML-based web technology (the moment when the entry barrier dropped thanks to breakthrough performance improvements) was around 2010. I also entered the IT industry around that time, and from then on I started to learn HTML, CSS, and JS through Google searches.
When W3C announced the shift from XHTML to HTML5, they declared that going forward they would aim not merely at web pages (documents) but at web applications. HTML5 grew not alone but as a set with CSS3, JS, SVG, and WebGL. And particularly JS (more precisely ECMAScript 6, 7, 8, 9) has been branching out through the collective intelligence of many groups, developing into various libraries and frameworks of every kind.
Since last year? I've started to feel something substantial changing around AI-related keywords. The nuance overlaps in many ways with the situation around HTML in 2010, and I've been getting a fresh, pleasant, exciting shock. ;D
It might not be an exact fit, but personally, by feel, Deep Learning feels about at the HTML5 level. On top of that, the past combination of CSS3 and JS (ECMAScript) seems to pair similarly with blockchain and cloud (mainly AWS).
I remember the feeling of printing HELLO WORLD for the first time with HTML in 2010. And lately, learning Hyperledger Fabric, Go, and TypeScript, I've been getting a similar feeling. Heart racing... This is trouble... I've caught a coding bug that I never even had in my school days..
I look forward to how many different changes there will be in the next ten years.
