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This doesn't look sufficiently different to JavaScript with JSX.

by adgasf 7y ago

untog 7y ago
Being similar enough to the technology a huge number of people use doesn't strike me as a bad thing. I don't think this is for me, but it's an interesting experiment and I could immediately grok what it was doing.
- adgasf 7y ago
  If the differences are only minor then what does it enable that the more popular alternative does not? You're right the familiarity is a good thing though - just look at TypeScript!
  - untog 7y ago
    > If the differences are only minor then what does it enable that the more popular alternative does not? Fair point. I think there's a tradeoff in there somewhere. The fact that you need to do things like wrap JavaScript in order to use it within Mint sets off all kinds of alarm bells for me. I still like the concept, but justifying an entirely new language (to myself, to my higher ups, to the company at large) is a high bar.
- superasn 7y ago
  Yeah Vuejs was super similar to angular 1.0 that at first I thought why the heck would anyone use this clone framework. But just after using it once I realized how it had taken everything good from ang 1, dropped everything that sucked (di, decorator,etc) creating a super awesome version of it. So yeah it isn't bad if it looks similar to something lots of people already use.
- slantyyz 7y ago
  I agree. The first thing I thought was that it reminds me of Svelte, which I have been using and like a lot. Like you, I'm not sure it's for me, but I also think it's interesting.
grumple 7y ago
JSX is the best part of React. That's the part that seems to be kept. It does look like a cleaner and more convenient coding experience.
efunneko 7y ago
If you want something similar to this, but would like to just code in javascript, check out http://jayesstee.org http://jayesstee.org. Simple codepen example: https://codepen.io/efunneko/pen/pxxwBQ?editors=0010 https://codepen.io/efunneko/pen/pxxwBQ?editors=0010 or slightly more involved demo: https://codepen.io/efunneko/pen/bQvLBP?editors=0010 https://codepen.io/efunneko/pen/bQvLBP?editors=0010

This doesn't look sufficiently different to JavaScript with JSX.

by adgasf 7y ago

This doesn't look sufficiently different to JavaScript with JSX.

Being similar enough to the technology a huge number of people use doesn't strike me as a bad thing. I don't think this is for me, but it's an interesting experiment and I could immediately grok what it was doing.

adgasf 7y ago
If the differences are only minor then what does it enable that the more popular alternative does not? You're right the familiarity is a good thing though - just look at TypeScript!
- untog 7y ago
  > If the differences are only minor then what does it enable that the more popular alternative does not? Fair point. I think there's a tradeoff in there somewhere. The fact that you need to do things like wrap JavaScript in order to use it within Mint sets off all kinds of alarm bells for me. I still like the concept, but justifying an entirely new language (to myself, to my higher ups, to the company at large) is a high bar.
superasn 7y ago
Yeah Vuejs was super similar to angular 1.0 that at first I thought why the heck would anyone use this clone framework. But just after using it once I realized how it had taken everything good from ang 1, dropped everything that sucked (di, decorator,etc) creating a super awesome version of it. So yeah it isn't bad if it looks similar to something lots of people already use.
slantyyz 7y ago
I agree. The first thing I thought was that it reminds me of Svelte, which I have been using and like a lot. Like you, I'm not sure it's for me, but I also think it's interesting.

grumple 7y ago

JSX is the best part of React. That's the part that seems to be kept. It does look like a cleaner and more convenient coding experience.

efunneko 7y ago

If you want something similar to this, but would like to just code in javascript, check out http://jayesstee.org http://jayesstee.org. Simple codepen example: https://codepen.io/efunneko/pen/pxxwBQ?editors=0010 https://codepen.io/efunneko/pen/pxxwBQ?editors=0010 or slightly more involved demo: https://codepen.io/efunneko/pen/bQvLBP?editors=0010 https://codepen.io/efunneko/pen/bQvLBP?editors=0010