Today’s Javascript, from an outsider’s perspective

Re:Today’s Javascript, from an outsider’s perspective by reificator on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @02:57AM (#23308190)

> Its the equivalent of buying a 5-bedroom house for your kids to grow up in, only to go in to your kids room after 20 years and realise they are insane and should be committed.

Yeah, if you lock your children up for 20 years, they will go insane no matter your intentions.

Javascript is in this state for a number of reasons, but the fact of the matter is that it's here now and it's the lingua franca of browsers whether you like it or not. Maybe someone should have checked in on the kids every once in awhile so they didn't go insane, but it's too late to make more kids so love the ones you've got.

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Re:Today’s Javascript, from an outsider’s perspective by fit2rule on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @03:32AM (#23308367)

Javascript devs ARE locked up in a shit-stained room covered in trash and detritus from previous occupants, and what's worse: they seem to crave that condition.

The only justification for the disaster of modern JS 'development' is: job security. Make this argument and all I can do is agree with you: its a hellacious mess because otherwise, it wouldn't be so profitable.

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Re:Today’s Javascript, from an outsider’s perspective by michaelt on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @05:42AM (#23309015)

> The only justification for the disaster of modern JS 'development' is: job security.

You could also explain it by a succession of well-intentioned-but-ultimately-unsuccessful attempts to reign in the insanity. At least for things like TypeScript and CoffeeScript.

Combined with a culture of high speed delivery of business value, which doesn't value going back and removing the earlier failed attempts.

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