Re:JavaScript is Eating the World
by whatever_dude on Thursday August 24, 2017 @12:42PM
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Like anything new-but-different in tech, it's probably a matter of using it for a while until you see the benefits.
I used to prefer a 0-dependency, no-build format for sites. Nowadays if something doesn't have an npm module it's enough for me to not want to use it for a variety of reasons.
I used to install "dependencies" by copy and paste and was happy, but because I didn't know how it could be better. Despite all of npm's woes (which are many) the concept is sound, and not just for JavaScript.
I used to prefer a 0-dependency, no-build format for sites. Nowadays if something doesn't have an npm module it's enough for me to not want to use it for a variety of reasons.
I used to install "dependencies" by copy and paste and was happy, but because I didn't know how it could be better. Despite all of npm's woes (which are many) the concept is sound, and not just for JavaScript.