Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : esc
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Dec 10 2022 10:46:48

  Re: Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
  By: esc to Nightfox on Sat Dec 10 2022 03:23 am

 Ni>> affordable, and more powerful, it became much easier to have a
 Ni>> fairly powerful computer at home that could run software locally,
 Ni>> and generally that was seen as a good thing.

 es> This is true, but it's also much easier to maintain. Build a web app, and
 es> then anyone with a browser can basically use it. You don't need to deal
 es> with customers downloading and installing things, really you can just
 es> offload all that burden onto the web browser itself. At the end of the day
 es> it lowers the burden significantly for development. 

Web development has its own issues though.  You have to test it in multiple web browsers (and perhaps multiple versions of multiple web browsers).  And for years, IE was the bane of web development as it had its own bugs and special cases you had to allow for.  It seems like a lot of hassle to have to test for multiple browsers & such.

 es> I'm not doing dev work for my job or BBS stuff or gaming, I tend to use my
 es> iPad. It's just easier and gets out of the way. 

What do you mean by "gets out of the way"?

 es> Agree, however I am sympathetic to game companies refusing to release for
 es> linux...it's a pain in the ass building something closed source and trying
 es> to support linux as a platform for your software, due to the bespoke
 es> nature of what 'linux' means for basically every type of user. 

That's true - though I think gaming support is one of the things Linux users have been wanting most.  I think it's good that a big gaming company like Steam has been supporting Linux for a little while now.

 es> I prefer doing web dev on a Mac, I also prefer photo editing and making
 es> music on a Mac. Doing any kind of dev work in Windows has always been a
 es> bit of a nightmare for me. I use a Mac for doing dev stuff at work, but
 es> it's also an amazing personal computer. I prefer it infinitely over
 es> Windows. 

I'm curious how web development was a nightmare on Windows?
The development work I've done is more often back-end, desktop software (usually C# these days, but sometimes C++), and some mobile.  I've done a little bit of web development and usually I use Windows and can't say I've encountered any significant problems doing it.

Nightfox
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