From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 26/12/2025 08:35, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:13:02 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 25/12/2025 22:38, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> For our web application no day and no way would static pages assembled   
   >>> server side get the job done.   
   >>   
   >> Indeed.   
   >>   
   >> The natural way to set up configuration is to enter data and/or move   
   >> controls and switches, and not have a submit button at all.   
   >>   
   >> And it's nice to have a clock ticking the seconds away in the corner, or   
   >> pages that automatically update...   
   >>   
   >> Easy with JavaScript, Impossible without...   
   >   
   > The web app had to accurately represent a system in flux with minimal lag.   
   > CFSes (call for service) are created, updated as the dispatcher gets   
   > additional information, adds comments, person, or vehicle information. In   
   > a busy system they may field 1000 calls a day. In addition the resource   
   > units  (police, emt, and fire) are changing statuses as they are assigned   
   > to a call, arrive on scene, and so forth. Since they are equipped with   
   > GPSs, their location has to be shown on the map.   
   >   
   > Mean time, while displaying and updating all this information, the app has   
   > to remain responsive as the dispatcher enters information, which is   
   > propagated to other dispatch stations or supervisor displays.   
   >   
   > It ain't your granddad's HTML5 page. JavaScript, or TypeScript in the case   
   > of Angular might not be the greatest language but until something better   
   > comes along that's how modern web applications are built.   
      
   Exactly. It is essentially all we have. To make a browser a decent thick   
   client.   
      
   Arguably a completely different protocol for an active client might   
   replace it.   
   But until it does we are stuck with it.   
      
      
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   urge to rule it.”   
   – H. L. Mencken   
      
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