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It was a few years since I was "in" with the new things happening in the web-world. But how did JavaScript come to be the new "cool" language? It got some horr
by DancingWolf 15y ago
It was a few years since I was "in" with the new things happening in the web-world.
But how did JavaScript come to be the new "cool" language? It got some horrible problems with object oriented stuff, some really strange bugs/features, and it's slow-ish.
I liked making cool stuff with JavaScript, but compared to something like ruby isn't this a step backwards?
I can see the advantages of this framework, but it still seems wonky.
- cwsaylor 15y agoGrab a copy of "Javascript: The Good Parts". It's a short read and goes over the parts of JS that don't suck.
- kika 15y agoAnd then try coffeescript which just isolates you from the parts which do suck :-)
- exogen 15y agoUbiquity is one reason. Ultimately, the "horrible problems" and "strange bugs" just turned out to be "unfamiliar differences." Also, newer JavaScript runtimes (V8) tend to smoke other dynamic languages in speed tests: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/which-programming-languages-are-fastest.php http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/which-programming-lang... – so it's not "slow-ish" so much as "really, really fast." ;)
- mcantelon 15y ago>it's slow-ish. Not compared to Ruby. ;) >I liked making cool stuff with JavaScript, but compared to something like ruby isn't this a step backwards? http://fingernailsinoatmeal.com/post/292301859/metaprogramming-ruby-vs-javascript http://fingernailsinoatmeal.com/post/292301859/metaprogrammi...