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JavaScript is fun and easier if you don't have to share code or data with other people. there are no contracts, no interfaces, no classes to slow you down, and
by codeonfire 13y ago
JavaScript is fun and easier if you don't have to share code or data with other people. there are no contracts, no interfaces, no classes to slow you down, and most of the software world has a 'screw the other guy' mentality anyway. All you have to do is remember what your own data looks like for a short time. Most code will not be shared with outsiders and most people want to impede their coworkers rather than do extra work to make things easier. so the mentality is "why not use JavaScript for everything."
- quietthrow 13y agoI never understood the 'fun' part when people refer to programming languages since its so subjective. Apart from that I agree with your comment, in that the field of software engineering is so young and as a result one has to deal with a lot of noise, because everybody is trying to contribute which is a good thing, but it also creates chaos.
- j0ev 13y agoWhen I call a language fun, I generally mean: 1. It delights me by doing what I want. 2. It makes normally complex programming tasks easy (try metaprogramming in php). 3. It is simpler than I originally imagined. 1 & 2 generally means... it's a "hackable" language (ruby is another good example). 3 is icing.