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> This group generally tends to treat web technologies with an utter disregard and prefers to isolate themselves in Java. I hear you. I dislike Javascript too
by jcadam 9y ago
> This group generally tends to treat web technologies with an utter disregard and prefers to isolate themselves in Java.
I hear you. I dislike Javascript too (though not as intensely as some folks), but if it's the language of the platform you're targeting (web browsers), just suck it up and use it.
I was once forced to use GWT by a mindless engineering manager who thought standardizing all development on a single language would somehow reduce maintenance costs. It definitely did not :(
- austincheney 9y agoYeah, my personal thoughts on this are somewhat similar. As a JavaScript developer I prefer to do what I can in JavaScript as compared to Java, but that doesn't make Java bad. Java is actually better as a web middle tier for managing sessions and all the other OWASP goodness precisely because it is a completely separate technology. But at the same time if the end product is something that appears in a web browser you have to concede to some mastery of those skills for the sake of product quality. Putting everything into Java (or JavaScript) for the sake of comfort is so very bad.