Although you are joking, I've said it before and I'll say it again: server-side web development is dead. Everything that can be pushed to the client will be. Which leaves the server mainly for low-level persistence, data analysis, and anything requiring security.
Static template-driven web frameworks are obsolete. Regards, John On Apr 1, 2010, at 8:31 AM, Jeremy Shaw wrote: > Hello, > > I've been thinking a lot recently about the direction and future of the > Happstack project. > > These days we hear a lot about technologies to allow servers to push data, > such as Comet, Ajax Push, Reverse Ajax, Two-way-web, HTTP Streaming, and HTTP > server push among others. HTML 5 includes something called 'Web Sockets'. In > short, it seems that the 'stateless' web model is a complete failure. People > want sockets! > > Furthermore, the big sites of the day are 'social media' sites such as > Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Four Square, etc. > > Well, it's clear to me where the industry is headed, and I think this is a > great chance for Haskell to be the leader. > > persistent connection + social web site == BBS > > That's right! The return of the BBS is upon us. So, without further ado, I > would like to announce the happstack-bbs project: > > darcs get http://src.seereason.com/happstack-bbs/ > > You can connect right now to the world's newest Haskell BBS. Simple open a > terminal which supports ansi & utf-8, and run: > > telnet hacketeria.com 2525 > > Patches welcome (and sorely needed!) > > - jeremy > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
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