How a hypermedia approach can address usability concerns with multi-page apps
> And, contra what Mr. Harris says, today the trend is not obviously in javascripts favor. Five years ago, we, as founding members of the javascript resistance, were despairing of any hope of stopping the Javascript juggernaut. But then something unexpected happened: Python took off and, at the same time, javascript flat lined:<p>Why yes... if you use Stack Overflow usage as your measurement.<p>The problem is that doesn't tell you anything about JavaScript or Python... except whom is using Stack Overflow.<p>As a JavaScript developer (primarily), I use Stack Overflow far less than I did in years past, not just because I need less help in general as a senior, but because SO is so littered with JS answers that are outdated, poor quality, and conflate JavaScript with <i>jQuery</i>, that it's simply not worth using 99% of the time because MDN provides excellent documentation.<p>It's been a while since I've used Python, so maybe things have changed, but I remember the documentation not being comparable.  It's <i>good</i> documentation, but MDN is <i>excellent</i>.<p>I'm not saying that either one is better, but that to use Stack Overflow trends to prove a point seems very fallacious.  By that point I couldn't finish the rest of the article.