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Take away the web platform, would you still use JS for anything ?
by sametmax 9y ago
Take away the web platform, would you still use JS for anything ?
- overcast 9y agoDoes that really matter? The web is the past, present, and definitely the future. There will be less, and less native apps, and more and more web apps. JS is here to stay, and I'm glad big companies are pouring tons of R&D into making it faster, and easier to use.
- sametmax 9y agoIt does: let's stop saying JS is great and be honest. The web is great. Despite JS.
- overcast 9y agoand JS is one the major engines driving it forward.
- sametmax 9y agoNo, JS is the one constraint we manage because it's the only stuff we got that is common to all browsers. It's not driving anything, we keep hacking it to make it bearable. I mean, come on, the most popular projects in JS are all projects to avoid writing JS in the first place.
- mschuetz 9y agoYes. I've added V8 to my recent C++ project since JS is my favourite scripting language and it does wonders. JS has become a joy to use with ES6.
- sametmax 9y agoCompared to Ruby, Python or even Perl 6, I fail to see how anything in JS can be considered a superior option for scripting. Even for simple things like map/filter, reading a file or parsing script args ES7 scores just average. And I'm not even talking about debugging and error handling.
- voidhorse 9y agoI'm with @mscheutz, JS hasa pretty much become my go-to scripting language. It's pretty great for quickly writing up an automation for simple tasks, and I find it's generally easier on the eyes than a shell script.
- sametmax 9y agoI have a hard time believing anybody with a taste of Ruby, Python or Perl 6 would choose JS. Are your a front end coder just using the proverbial hammer to the scripting nail ?