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Basically criticism that could be applied to most practical languages out there. Of course, functional ideas are still very useful for writing clean code in tho
by hetman 12y ago
Basically criticism that could be applied to most practical languages out there. Of course, functional ideas are still very useful for writing clean code in those languages, provided the limitations are understood.
I wish the article had been framed that way from the outset instead kind of admitting it only at the end. Instead we got an attention grabbing title that misleads the reader about the content/intent of the author.
- camus2 12y ago> Basically criticism that could be applied to most practical languages out there yet you're not forced to learn most of them. Now there is a solution from most issues the OP raises,but frankly Javascript is working against the developpers. That's why people say "embrace javascript", because it's a language that wont embrace the way you want to code. Javascript is a lucky mistake.And if not because politics we wouldnt be stuck with it. ES6 brings are few interesting things to the table though,and some scary ones like proxies,and god, people will abuse proxies and make code just "magic"...
- saraid216 12y agoIf you have not seen Gary Bernhardt's talk, you should: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...