Re:JavaScript libraries should be written in TypeScript
by Roboprog on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @12:41PM
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Javascript IS pretty damn good. My IDE does a pretty good job at analyzing the structure of scripts.
So, I guess I have not yet felt the pain that "requires" a language upgrade. Unlike Java, which has really gotten to chafe me.
But then again, I started work back in 1985 using a scripted language (dBASE), with its own version of "eval", to make cute little UIs and reports that tied into the "real computer" / software (even if data swapping was swapping nightly batches of ISAM tuples, rather than REST calls). I also enjoyed using Perl in the 90s / early 2000s.
Then as now, the Serious People want you to wallow with them in the bondage and discipline of a Real Language, so you can type until your fingers bleed :-)
That said, I do write a lot of "JSDoc" in my code, and I resent the people who refuse to write Javadoc in their Java, because of course the types all make it crystal clear - NOT!
So, I guess I have not yet felt the pain that "requires" a language upgrade. Unlike Java, which has really gotten to chafe me.
But then again, I started work back in 1985 using a scripted language (dBASE), with its own version of "eval", to make cute little UIs and reports that tied into the "real computer" / software (even if data swapping was swapping nightly batches of ISAM tuples, rather than REST calls). I also enjoyed using Perl in the 90s / early 2000s.
Then as now, the Serious People want you to wallow with them in the bondage and discipline of a Real Language, so you can type until your fingers bleed :-)
That said, I do write a lot of "JSDoc" in my code, and I resent the people who refuse to write Javadoc in their Java, because of course the types all make it crystal clear - NOT!