The melting pot of JavaScript (2017)

Re:The melting pot of JavaScript (2017) by me551ah on Monday January 07, 2019 @05:36PM (#18850979)

You never really learn javascript, you learn frameworks. I was a js developer about 7-8 years ago and dabbled with jQuery , dojo and the likes and then moved over to backend and mobile development. I tried getting back into javascript again and realized that I just could not get in and start coding. There are a lot more frameworks now that I have to learn to get started and I'm sure that a few years down the line, these will become obsolete too.

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Re:The melting pot of JavaScript (2017) by z3t4 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @04:09AM (#18854303)

Highly recommend vanilla JavaScript. With vanilla JavaScript you do not need any build tools. Instead of buying many different kitchen cutting and slicing tools - learn to use a knife.

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Re:The melting pot of JavaScript (2017) by me551ah on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:05AM (#18856515)

I am quite decent at vanilla javascript, but building a website in vanilla javascript is like building a REST API in vanilla C. It's possible but will take a long time.

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Re:The melting pot of JavaScript (2017) by spricket on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:12AM (#18853348)

Highly recommend TypeScript. It brings so much method to the madness. Build tools are another clusterfuck but at least with TS you have a decently structured language with "standard" ways of doing things

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Re:The melting pot of JavaScript (2017) by tracker1 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @04:00PM (#18859641)

I can't speak for anyone else... but I learned javascript and even liked it for most of the reasons outlined before the Good Parts book came out.

Since ES6 it's even better.

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