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JavaScript is the future. All devs should know the basics.

thehardsphere 9y ago
It's the future of parts of the web, not the future of everything. All cyclists should know the basics, but nobody falts them for choosing not to ride a tricycle once they can choose between tricycles and bicycles. Or choosing to use a tractor trailer instead of a bike if that's what they need.
- ElijahLynn 9y ago
  JavaScript is the foundational language of the web. You can't build anything reasonable on the web without JavaScript. As far as I can see it will be with us for at least another 20 years.
  - thehardsphere 9y ago
    The web is not everything. Boyancy is the foundational concept of naval transportation, but it's not the foundational concept of all transportation.
valuearb 9y ago
I thought webassembly was the future?
khedoros1 9y ago
Javascript is the present, and only part of the present. It's completely irrelevant to my area of development.
- ElijahLynn 9y ago
  I foresee JavaScript being with us for the next 20 years whether we like it or not. It is the language of the web. We may have transpilers of all sorts but it will always come down to JavaScript at the base.
  - buzzybee 9y ago
    Nope. Replaced by WASM within 5.
    - ElijahLynn 9y ago
      That statement means we will all be using Web Assembly to manipulate the DOM...and then to do any scripting we will just be writing WASM? What am I missing here?
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    Javascript may be around, as a compatibility layer at the very least. I tend to agree with the sibling comment, though: WASM at the base, compiled from Javascript (and just about every other language you could want). WASM isn't something you'd be likely to hand-code, it seems like. None of that changes this fact for me: JS/ES is completely irrelevant to me as a development language. I've learned a bit and found portions reminiscent of a few other languages, but I don't really have a practical use for it, myself.
jbigelow76 9y ago
I used to think that* but began re-evaluating it when I found out how much of the world's population first computer is/was a smart phone. The inevitability of a language originally tied to a web browser optimized for desktop computers seems a whole lot less certain to me now. [*] Not sure if I was right before or after, check back in a few years :)

It's the future of parts of the web, not the future of everything. All cyclists should know the basics, but nobody falts them for choosing not to ride a tricycle once they can choose between tricycles and bicycles. Or choosing to use a tractor trailer instead of a bike if that's what they need.

ElijahLynn 9y ago
JavaScript is the foundational language of the web. You can't build anything reasonable on the web without JavaScript. As far as I can see it will be with us for at least another 20 years.
- thehardsphere 9y ago
  The web is not everything. Boyancy is the foundational concept of naval transportation, but it's not the foundational concept of all transportation.

valuearb 9y ago

I thought webassembly was the future?

khedoros1 9y ago

Javascript is the present, and only part of the present. It's completely irrelevant to my area of development.

ElijahLynn 9y ago
I foresee JavaScript being with us for the next 20 years whether we like it or not. It is the language of the web. We may have transpilers of all sorts but it will always come down to JavaScript at the base.
- buzzybee 9y ago
  Nope. Replaced by WASM within 5.
  - ElijahLynn 9y ago
    That statement means we will all be using Web Assembly to manipulate the DOM...and then to do any scripting we will just be writing WASM? What am I missing here?
- khedoros1 9y ago
  Javascript may be around, as a compatibility layer at the very least. I tend to agree with the sibling comment, though: WASM at the base, compiled from Javascript (and just about every other language you could want). WASM isn't something you'd be likely to hand-code, it seems like. None of that changes this fact for me: JS/ES is completely irrelevant to me as a development language. I've learned a bit and found portions reminiscent of a few other languages, but I don't really have a practical use for it, myself.

jbigelow76 9y ago

I used to think that* but began re-evaluating it when I found out how much of the world's population first computer is/was a smart phone. The inevitability of a language originally tied to a web browser optimized for desktop computers seems a whole lot less certain to me now. [*] Not sure if I was right before or after, check back in a few years :)