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> In my opinion the super hype over Javascript is because of it's simplicity(compared to GO for example). IMO, the core of modern ES6+ JavaScript is a really n
by sjellis 8y ago
> In my opinion the super hype over Javascript is because of it's simplicity(compared to GO for example).
IMO, the core of modern ES6+ JavaScript is a really nice scripting language that is simpler than alternatives, but doing production JavaScript means contending with all of the other stuff. To be a working JavaScript developer, you need to know multiple ways of doing the same things, from basics like module loading and HTTP requests to UI and concurrency. Legacy and an ecosystem that is fragmented down to the standard library level make JS not the easy option.