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Do you hate JS the language or do you hate the ecosystem? JS gets a bad rap from folks that have never had a chance to master the language and do pure JS develo
by inimino 7y ago
Do you hate JS the language or do you hate the ecosystem? JS gets a bad rap from folks that have never had a chance to master the language and do pure JS development, which is actually quite enjoyable.
- scarface74 7y agoI hate the ecosystem. That being said, you can’t go wrong by having JS under your belt. Because of its ubiquity and path dependency, it’s not going anywhere. Besides it’s the one language that can be used for any front end development - web, mobile, and desktop. Typescript makes it a lot less painful as a language but the ecosystem is still a mess.
- inimino 7y agoI encourage people to learn the language and avoid the ecosystem. You don't need frameworks or build systems to write good, clean, performant web apps. Unfortunately, arguments for simplicity often fall on deaf ears.
- scarface74 7y agoIt’s not about what you need to get the job done. It’s about what you need to be employable. But any functionality from third party modules carries with it dozens of other dependencies.
- inimino 7y agoGetting the job done and being employable are more closely correlated in some positions, industries, and markets than others. Finding those is a key to job satisfaction if this sort of thing matters to you. From the other side, if employment criteria is stupid and broken, we all have some professional responsibility to push back against it.
- scarface74 7y agoMy responsibility starts and stops with getting a paycheck to keep a roof over my family’s head as long as I am not working for a company that I feel is doing something immoral.
- inimino 7y agoFair enough! You're not responsible for using organizational clout you don't have, but can still look for opportunities to make things better as they come.