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> I hate front-end fiddly bits. Yes. A lot of back-end devs would rather chew glass than debug for four browsers, plus mobile devices.

• crdoconnor 11y ago
  It is usually more susceptible to bugs than the back end. The combination of a lack of control over the environment your code runs in and javascript's weak typing give it that extra dose of fun.
  • sangnoir 11y ago
    In the same vein as your comment, I might as well say back end development sucks because the default MySQL datastore quietly drops strings longer than the field[1]. These days front-end =/= Javascript[2] by a long shot (maybe yours is, but blame the person who made that decision for your project). 1. I don't know if that's still true. If it is, then I'm glad I no longer have to deal with MySQL. 2. GWT had strong-typing since forever. Not that I'm endorsing it, but it's still front end. I do recommend TypeScript
    • DCoder 11y ago
      > the default MySQL datastore quietly drops strings longer than the field [...] I don't know if that's still true. If it is, then I'm glad I no longer have to deal with MySQL. That's still true, as I recall. To avoid this nonsense, you need to change the sql_mode - either globally in the server config, or only within your session by issuing an SQL query. Documentation: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/sql-mode.html#sqlmode_traditional https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/sql-mode.html#sqlmod...