Treating JavaScript like a 30 year old language

Re:Treating JavaScript like a 30 year old language by azakai on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @03:29PM (#4200598)

> I don’t like JavaScript. I write an enormous amount of JavaScript — in fact I write it almost exclusively — but I don’t really like it as a language.

Why would you work "almost exclusively" in a language you don't like? There are plenty of opportunities on software with all sorts of languages.

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Re:Treating JavaScript like a 30 year old language by jerbils on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @03:35PM (#4200621)

Because I want make UIs and apps with open web standards, and JavaScript is the only practical language. CoffeeScript and other macro languages are cool, but currently there is no way to debug and step through the source.

I can't wait for the day that CoffeeScript has a robust debugger.

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Re:Treating JavaScript like a 30 year old language by azakai on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @03:53PM (#4200668)

If debugger integration is a must-have feature for you, then fair enough. I'd make the opposite choice myself which is why the previous statement surprised me.

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