To me the difference between "old-web" and "new-web" is a lot like the one between "program" and "application.
Old-web was just text and markup. A lot like the output of command line programs that could then be used by other programs to perform what we want.
New-web is about application. Programs made for the end-user. Apps aren't thought to be pipelined with other apps. Thus for a web-app, the browser is often designed to be the only supported plateform. Thus the extensive use of JS.
Old-web was just text and markup. A lot like the output of command line programs that could then be used by other programs to perform what we want.
New-web is about application. Programs made for the end-user. Apps aren't thought to be pipelined with other apps. Thus for a web-app, the browser is often designed to be the only supported plateform. Thus the extensive use of JS.