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I think if frontend didn't mean JavaScript and npm packages, that animosity wouldn't really exist. While there is some use of JavaScript at the backend, IME it
by GordonS 6y ago
I think if frontend didn't mean JavaScript and npm packages, that animosity wouldn't really exist.
While there is some use of JavaScript at the backend, IME it's much less that other languages, so backend developers are used to "better" languages with actually useful standard libraries (C#, F#, Elixir, Ruby, Python...).
Of course, JavaScript is evolving, albeit slowly, and recently TypeScript helps somewhat. Web assembly may eventually offer a real alternative, but I think we're still a long way front it becoming mainstream.