Re:In web design, everything easy is hard again
by mratzloff on Saturday February 10, 2018 @09:48AM
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JavaScript static typing, promises, and modularization via imports are very useful—you just pay for them with a compile step. If you don't want those features, don't pay for them.
Re:In web design, everything easy is hard again
by Can_Not on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @10:57AM
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> want to make a name for themselves with a "real" project
I think the ones doing it to make a name for themselves rather than solve a real problem are a lot less common than you're making it out to be.
The real problem here is that all these comp sci "geniuses" want to make a name for themselves with a "real" project and so they create all these garbage tools (compilers, pre-processors, etc) that make things worse by introducing and encouraging more complexity when just using plain JS would work better.
A lot of them are Java/C++ people with no experience in web development who see the simplicity of JS as a flaw and want to recreate the s--tshow they are used to working with because the complexity makes them feel smart and special.
That is just human nature though. The same argument has been going on for decades between C and C++ people. Nothing new here.