Re:Hard-won lessons: Five years with Node.js
by cookiecaper on Thursday April 20, 2017 @01:32AM
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Sadly, I've been going through a similar experience after several commenters indicated that my complaints seemed to refer to "old" JavaScript and encouraged me to try ES6.
Between ES6 fixing [0] many of the day-to-day warts that made JavaScript a joke language barely suitable for scripting DOM elements and V8's complete obliteration of other dynamic VMs in speed, I am being forced to accept that JavaScript is maturing into a serious platform, and starting to gradually introduce Node.js into my workflow.
Just today I was discussing how hard it is to pull the stick out of my butt regarding JavaScript, but I think that the evidence is in favor of it. I'm having a strong impulse to try to use Dart instead just so I don't feel as dirty anymore.
Between ES6 fixing [0] many of the day-to-day warts that made JavaScript a joke language barely suitable for scripting DOM elements and V8's complete obliteration of other dynamic VMs in speed, I am being forced to accept that JavaScript is maturing into a serious platform, and starting to gradually introduce Node.js into my workflow.
Just today I was discussing how hard it is to pull the stick out of my butt regarding JavaScript, but I think that the evidence is in favor of it. I'm having a strong impulse to try to use Dart instead just so I don't feel as dirty anymore.
[0] http://es6-features.org