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This came up a when this same news was discussed a few days ago on some other site: The JavaScript first manifest: https://gist.github.com/rtoal/046c7be95aa077a

by jabl 10y ago

This came up a when this same news was discussed a few days ago on some other site: The JavaScript first manifest: https://gist.github.com/rtoal/046c7be95aa077a832fcd87f5b024446 https://gist.github.com/rtoal/046c7be95aa077a832fcd87f5b0244... It makes a rather good (IMHO) argument that while, yes, JavaScript sucks, it does have redeeming qualities for usage as a first programming language.

jacquesm 10y ago
I strongly disagree. The kind of bugs you can create with javascript are enough to make pl experts scratch their heads, scope is a mess and while there is no shortage of web frameworks and resources that have to do with web development outside of that the library field is surprisingly barren. The only thing it really has going for it is distribution, if you have a browser then you can learn how to program in js.