How it used to be written.

The Cursive Shelf

Hand-coding is going the way of cursive: worth knowing what it was, not where the future is. Everything here is still taught and still lives at the same address. Each piece opens with where the work went.

Nothing here was deleted or moved. Every page is at the address it always had.

HTML

The language of the web

Now: describe the page you want and let AI-assisted delivery build it · Successor: React or Vue components

CSS

Style your web pages beautifully

Now: describe the look you want; the styling is generated with the markup · Successor: Tailwind CSS

JavaScript

The programming language of the web

Now: specify the behaviour and let the build produce it · Successor: TypeScript

SQL

Query and manage databases

Now: ask for the data you want in plain words and read the query it writes — but read it · Successor: PostgreSQL

Java

Write once, run anywhere

Now: specify the service and its contract; the scaffolding is generated · Successor: Spring Boot

PHP

Server-side web scripting

Now: a spec plus a generated backend · Successor: Node.js or Django

C

Low-level systems programming

Now: you reach for C when you must · Successor: Rust

C++

Systems & application programming

Now: same — a deliberate choice for a specific constraint · Successor: Rust

C#

Powerful .NET development

Now: describe the service; the project scaffold is generated · Successor: .NET with modern tooling

Bootstrap

Responsive CSS framework

Now: the design system comes with the generated markup · Successor: Tailwind CSS

jQuery

Fast, small JavaScript library

Now: you almost never need to touch the DOM by hand any more · Successor: React or Vue

Angular

Platform for web applications

Now: specify the interface rather than assembling it · Successor: React or Vue

Cassandra

Distributed NoSQL for massive scale

Now: start managed and scale only when the load is real · Successor: PostgreSQL or DynamoDB

CouchDB

Offline-first document database with sync

Now: start managed; the sync story is a product decision now · Successor: MongoDB or PostgreSQL

Tools

Code Compiler

Kept for the editor. Live execution is not configured, so nothing is offered as runnable.