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> Its a great language if you're lazy as you can use it everywhere and don't need to expand your mind with other tools Bad take. Learning tools is the means to
by Our_Benefactors 4y ago
> Its a great language if you're lazy as you can use it everywhere and don't need to expand your mind with other tools
Bad take. Learning tools is the means to an end. Being able to minimize tooling time and focus on productive output is what makes the JS stack so popular.
- weare138 4y agoI don't agree with OP, there's nothing wrong with JS but I think the reason langs like JS and Typescript always top these lists of popular languages is they're the only viable options right now for client side web development.
- cersa8 4y agoI disagree. My entire backend is written in Typescript and maintenance and feature development pace is incredible. It's been this way for years now and I cannot see myself switching to Go or Java anytime soon.
- marlowe221 4y agoYou're both right
- AlchemistCamp 4y agoThe pace is only "incredible" if you've never spent a year using a truly productive back-end language like Ruby, Elixir, or to a lesser degree PHP or Python. Golang and Java are both tilted more towards performance and enterprise-friendliness than dev productivity and JS/TS are in the middle of the spectrum.