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Re:How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 by patmcguire on Monday October 03, 2016 @01:56PM (#12629714)
Reminds me of "starting Rails today is like starting to watch a soap opera in the 7th season"

http://words.steveklabnik.com/rails-has-two-default-stacks

Be thankful, at least it's not 2013, the new-js-framework-on-the-front-page-of-HN-every-day era.

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Re:How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 by gremlinsinc on Monday October 03, 2016 @02:17PM (#12629913)
yeah many old-timer rails folks will say skip rails and use Phoenix instead lol.. for concurrency and all.
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Re:How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 by choicewords on Monday October 03, 2016 @02:11PM (#12629858)
I remember when there was a huge fight in Rails to change JS framework.

Seems quaint now.

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