Esbuild 0.9 - Hackdot

Re:Esbuild 0.9 by EMM_386 on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:10PM (#26402550)

I agree. I was a web developer in the 90s when stuff was primitive, ugly and difficult.

I switched to desktop .Net development in 2001 did that for almost 15 years.

Since then I have been back on the web. I am full-stack so I find myself switching between front-end and back-end frequently.

I am enjoying my time more in the world of TypeScript, VS Code, and Angular than I am writing the back-end REST APIs in .Net Core and Visual Studio.

I was dreading going back to web development when I switched back again but recently it has turned out to be nicely structured, performant, logical and enjoyable.

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Re:Esbuild 0.9 by christophilus on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @05:26PM (#26405237)

My career sounds much like yours, and my conclusions are the same. Typescript is a decent language. The tooling is excellent. The old footguns are mostly behind us. It’s definitely a completely new ballgame vs the old hackery I used to have to endure.

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Re:Esbuild 0.9 by taspeotis on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @01:29AM (#26408430)

If you have the resources available to you (e.g. your employer is willing to pay) Rider is an excellent alternative to Visual Studio. It should make backend dev more enjoyable.

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