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Re:Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10... by overgard on Saturday May 15, 2021 @01:45PM (#27167298)
10 years ago I would have agreed with you, but in recent years Javascript (and moreso Typescript) are just exceedingly pleasant to use. I'm using Typescript in backend services despite knowing Python and C# well just because I like it.
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Re:Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10... by vletal on Saturday May 15, 2021 @02:09PM (#27167500)
I can imagine that the original argument does not apply to the languages which compile to JS. But IMO the fact that there is so many derived languages covering the mess which JS is only supports the argument against it.
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Re:Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10... by nicoburns on Saturday May 15, 2021 @02:21PM (#27167594)
TypeScript is just JavaScript with type annotations. The runtime semantics are identical. JavaScript itself has improved to the point where it's great to work with, and arguably the nicest of the common dynamically types "scripting" langauges (python, ruby, PHP, perl).
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Re:Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10... by gmac on Saturday May 15, 2021 @03:49PM (#27168356)
Completely agree. I used to work mainly in Ruby, and I guess I miss its rich standard library, but overall TypeScript is such a joy to work with that now I use it for almost everything.
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