Ask HN: Why are there some many *.js frameworks/api's coming out

Re:Ask HN: Why are there some many *.js frameworks/api's com... by quietthrow on Sunday June 09, 2013 @10:24PM (#5851937)

I never understood the 'fun' part when people refer to programming languages since its so subjective. Apart from that I agree with your comment, in that the field of software engineering is so young and as a result one has to deal with a lot of noise, because everybody is trying to contribute which is a good thing, but it also creates chaos.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are there some many *.js frameworks/api's com... by j0ev on Monday June 10, 2013 @11:05AM (#5854889)

When I call a language fun, I generally mean:

1. It delights me by doing what I want.

2. It makes normally complex programming tasks easy (try metaprogramming in php).

3. It is simpler than I originally imagined.

1 & 2 generally means... it's a "hackable" language (ruby is another good example). 3 is icing.

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