575
Object Notation (i.imgflip.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I wrote an entire email service (https://port87.com/) in JavaScript (Node.js and SvelteKit). I know some people have strong feelings against JavaScript, but the fact that you can build basically anything in it is pretty nice.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mean yeah you can do anything with it like most other languages. The problem comes in with the unstable ecosystem JavaScript has.

    You simply don't have longevity with libraries and frameworks. They churn and become deprecated far too quickly for really any stable project that requires a low maintenance burden.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    When I say “build anything”, I mean it works in nearly every environment, including natively in the browser. I can write the same code on the server as in the browser as in a mobile app as in a desktop app.

    React has been around, and improving, for 12 years. You can run code from the first version today. The DOM has been stable since about 1998, so anything built on it should still run today.

    It is true that JavaScript libraries tend to change quickly, but that doesn’t mean old versions stop working. It’s not like the native Linux ecosystem, where you need to build on the current kernel and libraries or it won’t work, it’s more like Docker or Flatpak, where you can build your libraries into your bundle and they will keep working. That’s why websites that were built 20 years ago, with the libraries of the time, still work today.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent