Modern web app development
Before we dig deep into Svelte, or any other JavaScript framework for front-end development, it helps to take a quick trip down memory lane and look at how we arrived at modern web app development, and the role that frameworks play.
How the web became static…again
When I built my first website, in 1999, it was just like what you would expect: rich in flashy GIFs, scrolling texts, and eye-hurtlingly bright colors. It was also served by static hosts that were essentially the Italian equivalent of GeoCities.
I had built that website using the most advanced tools available for webmasters at the time: WYSIWYG editors (which stands for What You See Is What You Get): for me, that meant Microsoft FrontPage.
FrontPage worked just like Wix.com and other similar services of present day, where you build your website visually and the code is generated for you. It differed in that it was a native desktop app and, in the middle of the first browser war...
