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Well said. I like programming, I like different languages. Just few days ago I was once again lurking on other languages' sites and forums just to find somethi
by greenspot 10y ago
Well said.
I like programming, I like different languages. Just few days ago I was once again lurking on other languages' sites and forums just to find something new. I realized when looking at other languages that JS has come a far way and now offers so much that I really like JS. I got spoiled and the urge to try, find and need something better has faded.
The language itself made huge leaps with ES6 and the ecosystem is just incredible. I see that fast pace as something positive and the 'JS churn' is relative or rather exaggerated. Node itself is very stable and new versions do not break old stuff in general. Grunt and Gulp got replaced by Webpack, React + Redux redefine UI. That's it, these are the typical examples in mind when people talk about 'churn', not really a lot to be worried about. And these changes didn't happen over night but over years, e.g. the first React version was introduced two or three years ago.
A counter example to churn: Express is still the to-go web app server for many years (5?), it's doesn't have the most modern foundation and other stuff (e.g. http2 is problematic) . I wish that new web app servers like Koa, Express' successor, would gain more traction but that happens only slowly.