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Awesome with new ideas and approaches to things. Just because someone have taken time to solve things differently does not automagically imply that this is some

by hising 7y ago

Awesome with new ideas and approaches to things. Just because someone have taken time to solve things differently does not automagically imply that this is something that forces someone to throw old stuff out. Strange comment IMO.

karlshea 7y ago
> Strange comment IMO. You must be new to JS then. Come revisit your reply when you try and work on any JS project no one has touched for a year.
- hising 7y ago
  Nah, been doing it professionally since 1997.
scient 7y ago
I think he is pretty spot on. JS community is infamous for the constant replacement of tools with the next shiny thing, which are all built on a house of cards (one-line npm packages). I would rather see some more serious tools being put out and matured instead of this constant running around. My own personal theory is that because the barrier of entry is so low, people get a little too excited about being a contributor and solving a problem "differently" (sometimes before even understanding the problem space well enough). In short - lot of it is inexperience.
- zebogen 7y ago
  You might be right, but "serious" tools have to start somewhere. We shouldn't be trying to shut out new ideas and approaches because we feel that there are too many different tools available. Any project should be judged on its merits. And any ecosystem needs new projects to move forward. If you don't like it, don't use it.
- chrshawkes 7y ago
  Correct. In no way is this tool a webpack killer. Webpack solves a lot of problems that clearly this author of this post is not familiar with based on the clickbaity title.
  - lastmjs 7y ago
    I believe most if not all of the missing features can be addressed and eventually Zwitterion could replace Webpack. I believe that non-bundlers will replace bundlers. Also, not all of the features Webpack provides I believe are necessary (like bundling) in forward-facing applications.

by hising 7y ago

karlshea 7y ago

> Strange comment IMO. You must be new to JS then. Come revisit your reply when you try and work on any JS project no one has touched for a year.

hising 7y ago
Nah, been doing it professionally since 1997.

scient 7y ago

I think he is pretty spot on. JS community is infamous for the constant replacement of tools with the next shiny thing, which are all built on a house of cards (one-line npm packages). I would rather see some more serious tools being put out and matured instead of this constant running around. My own personal theory is that because the barrier of entry is so low, people get a little too excited about being a contributor and solving a problem "differently" (sometimes before even understanding the problem space well enough). In short - lot of it is inexperience.

zebogen 7y ago
You might be right, but "serious" tools have to start somewhere. We shouldn't be trying to shut out new ideas and approaches because we feel that there are too many different tools available. Any project should be judged on its merits. And any ecosystem needs new projects to move forward. If you don't like it, don't use it.
chrshawkes 7y ago
Correct. In no way is this tool a webpack killer. Webpack solves a lot of problems that clearly this author of this post is not familiar with based on the clickbaity title.
- lastmjs 7y ago
  I believe most if not all of the missing features can be addressed and eventually Zwitterion could replace Webpack. I believe that non-bundlers will replace bundlers. Also, not all of the features Webpack provides I believe are necessary (like bundling) in forward-facing applications.