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I appreciate the summary of the changes in the javascript ecosystem over the last decade+; all of that happened after I had kids and I didn't have the motivati
by philsnow 3y ago
I appreciate the summary of the changes in the javascript ecosystem over the last decade+; all of that happened after I had kids and I didn't have the motivation to keep up with it, so it's a complete blur in my mind.
I've tried at various times to get caught up, but it seems that every time I find articles / blogs that talk about How Things Are Done at the time they're written, with only the briefest nod to how it's better than The Old Busted Way (probably because the authors, being steeped in and surrounded by javascript for years, think that their readers will also be similarly up to speed).
Meanwhile, I feel like a historian in the year 5000, reading recipes from 2023 and wondering whether people used dog milk or cat milk (because those were the two kinds of mammals that most households had available).
Does anybody know of other resources that go into more depth on the evolution (and specifically the Whys) of the javascript ecosystem?
- yCombLinks 3y ago"Modern Javascript for the Impatient" does a good job for the language itself. It doesn't try building on non-existent prior knowledge. It assumes you program, but in other languages.