2 pages tagged with "web-app"

The Case for Elm

July 01, 2024 - 1687 words - 9 mins
One of the most significant drawbacks of using the HTML/CSS/JS stack for application development is the default “fail silently at runtime” error behaviour. This was fine in the DHTML days when we were just adding decorative or cosmetic functionality to a static page, but I think it makes less sense … read more

"uncaught illegal access" exception in Android browser on JSON.parse()

April 01, 2011 - 122 words - 1 mins
I recently had a problem where a web app that worked fine on the iPhone, iPhone Simulator, Safari Mac, Safari Windows, Chrome and the Android Emulator would not work at all on any Android device. After tracking down someone who had an Android phone and was able to debug the app, we discovered: Conso… read more