Re:JavaScript development is not fun for me anymore
by blktiger on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @11:31AM
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This is why you should choose a frontend framework with a LTS (long-term support) program. (For example, Angular 4 or Ember.) You don't have to upgrade to the latest version of the framework, just the latest LTS version which will have all the relevant bug/security fixes. Only when the framework starts to drop support for the LTS version do you have to deal with upgrading and learning whatever new features they have added since then.
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Re:JavaScript development is not fun for me anymore
by tobltobs on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @11:57AM
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Maybe it is worth to add that a LTS release in JS land isn't what non JS developers would expect. LTS releases with support for 6 months? Seriously?
Re:JavaScript development is not fun for me anymore
by Spivak on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:07PM
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For comparison Red Hat supports their servers for a minimum of 10 years and you can buy extended support after that.
Re:JavaScript development is not fun for me anymore
by Cacti on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:14PM
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6 months for v.4, then 1 year. Which is still absurdly short. That's not even long enough for sane, normal versioning (e.g. Python 2.6 through 2.6.9 was like 5+ years). These people are crazy.
Re:JavaScript development is not fun for me anymore
by blktiger on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @03:26PM
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For Ember at least, the LTS is 4 releases, however all versions are backwards compatible up to the point at which they bump the major version. So you can just keep upgrading whiteout changing code for potentially years.