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Javascript is kinda messy. So many things needed to get stuff working right. Uglyfy, browserify, babel. Will there ever be an alternative language that can all

• morgante 11y ago
  I assume your comment is sarcastic, because Javascript is obviously the only language which you can just write and immediately run.
  • coldtea 11y ago
    ...if you don't work in any company with a convoluted build process that includes transpiling (which is nearly all of them).
• Raphmedia 11y ago
  Unlikely. Unless we were to discard support for all old browsers and all new browsers update automatically and support the same features across devices and OS.
  • ZenoArrow 11y ago
    https://medium.com/javascript-scene/what-is-webassembly-the-dawn-of-a-new-era-61256ec5a8f6#.ba84xpc0f https://medium.com/javascript-scene/what-is-webassembly-the-...
• krapp 11y ago
  Those things aren't needed to get javascript to work properly, most such "hacks" are necessary because of the DOM, proprietary standards and the ridiculous variety of devices web content needs to be displayed on. Even if you had an alternative language, those problems would still remain.
• trimbo 11y ago
  Here ya go: http://grail.sourceforge.net/ http://grail.sourceforge.net/
• Cthulhu_ 11y ago
  All of those only intend to reduce file size or improve backwards compatibility; you don't need those, it just makes things faster and work in a wider range of browsers (notably IE 8 and co).
• fokinsean 11y ago
  You should check out this framework. http://vanilla-js.com/ http://vanilla-js.com/ Batteries included and ready to go.
• skocznymroczny 11y ago
  Dart?