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There is not a single chance that a language like C++ or Rust become mainstream in frontend dev. The complexity of the language is at the opposite side of what
by Thaxll 5y ago
There is not a single chance that a language like C++ or Rust become mainstream in frontend dev. The complexity of the language is at the opposite side of what webdev is about.
- Zababa 5y ago> The complexity of the language is at the opposite side of what webdev is about. That's not true, current JS is getting complex, but we don't have a choice, except for WASM but the options aren't great. TypeScript is also very complex, but it's the most popular so people use it. Basic Rust isn't that complex, and I would argue is easier than TypeScript. I wouldn't want to be the guy building the framework, but using Rust to write business logic? That might be nice. On the backend side, Java dominates, with PHP, JS/TS, Python. All of these (in their modern form) are complex, usually by way of OO soup, or big frameworks, or a large ecosystem that you have to learn at first. On the other hand, languages that people like calling "simple" like Go or Clojure are relatively nice (at least for "business logic" web apps, Go is popular for "infra/devops" web stuff").