Without trying to infer too much or start a side-discussion of the sort that SO

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Without trying to infer too much or start a side-discussion of the sort that SO discourages, I think it's fair to conclude that the OP is someone who is familiar with HTML, Javascript, CSS and the basic architecture of the Web. Yet this question suggests that they have never worked with code that used a traditional form post. Is it really the case that people starting to work in the Web nowadays don't learn about that crufty old stuff any more?

I don't even mean this question to be as crotchety as it probably sounds. I'm not suggesting people learn about <marquee>, implement all UI layout in tables, dynamic content with document.write etc. But form posts seem like one of those critical pieces a person should understand, specifically before getting into Ajax. Did I stumble on an anomaly or a trend here? Am I wrong?

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Yes, its common. I dont know if its so much a trend as it is a procession, with newer developers working with continuously higher levels of abstraction as they become available. It probably looked pretty odd to programmers 20 years ago to talk to young programmers who never learned assembly. I've seen people on here suggest things such as not needing to know HTML to make web apps (ExtJS does it all for you...), not needing to know SQL (thats what ORM is for), etc. Sure, it can be done without understanding underlying technologies. But if someone doesnt understand the basic foundations they are working on top of, as soon as they try to do anything outside of the box, they're out of their depth.

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