Lessons on Writing JavaScript and React from ClojureScript

Re:Lessons on Writing JavaScript and React from ClojureScript by qsort on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:57PM (#27091915)

I don't get it either. I do backend mostly, but my main differentiator isn't even functional vs. imperative, it's typed vs. untyped. As much as this take is going to make half of HN throw up, I'll take Java over Clojure any day, and Java doesn't even have a good type system to begin with.

I could see myself being very productive with lisps for small, plumbing-type stuff that you would use Python or Perl for, but in that area the foremost priority is libraries and the ecosystem, and Python isn't going to lose to any lisp in that department, even though I'm not a fan of the core language.

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Re:Lessons on Writing JavaScript and React from ClojureScript by mping on Sunday May 09, 2021 @03:43AM (#27094054)

It's a trade-off, you trade certainty of types validated by the java compiler that comes with alot of ceremony with conciseness and agility provided by the repl, the downside being you need to ensure the result via tests and discipline.

Source code quality and developer ergonomics are somewhat subjective, so its natural different people have different opinions.

Personally, I quite like the clojure tradeoffs.

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