Understanding XPath and Older Web Technologies in Modern Development
By
[email protected] (Bryan Rasmussen)
The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
The article discusses older web technologies like XPath that many modern developers may not be familiar with due to working primarily within specific frameworks. It examines how XPath can be used alongside CSS for element querying and addresses the trend of younger developers working with new programming paradigms without understanding underlying technologies. The piece serves as an educational resource about foundational web development concepts that remain relevant despite being less commonly used in contemporary frameworks.
Key quotes
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Perhaps you're fairly new to web development and are simply unaware of them because you're steeped in the abstraction of a specific framework that doesn't require you to know it deeply, or even at all.
Bryan Rasmussen looks specifically at XPath and demonstrates how it can be used alongside CSS to query elements.
I've been in front-end development long enough to see a trend over the years: younger developers working with a new paradigm of programming without understanding.
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