JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X

Re:JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X by jsjohnst on Saturday March 18, 2017 @05:05PM (#13903520)

That's possibly why I knew about it then (for a brief period, I did Flex work ten years ago).

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Re:JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X by robinduckett on Saturday March 18, 2017 @05:12PM (#13903545)

I used to do Flex a long time ago, and I love how the frontend dev world is finally catching up to Flash from the late naughties.

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Re:JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X by Marazan on Sunday March 19, 2017 @06:55AM (#13906360)

Flash won. The world of Internet development is slowly being remade in Flex's image.

That Adobe abandoned he technology rather that retooling it to target HTML5 is a strategic blunder up there with... I can't actually work out an equivalent.

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