Re:For modern development, Javascript is just something you ...
by ulisesrmzroche on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @11:28AM
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I wish you wouldn't bitch about it at such length with a point that barely makes any sense. 'Only SV posers use JS". Everyone who has a computer, whether handheld or a laptop or whatever, has a browser. There's your distribution. How you blamed its problems on startup mentality I don't even know how you got there.
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Re:For modern development, Javascript is just something you ...
by anon1385 on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @11:38AM
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I think you are just reenforcing my point. I really don't care about targeting 'everyone who has a computer'. Really. I mean it.
I want to use technologies that I enjoy, and I can do that so long as enough people use computers that I can deploy those technologies to.
What I don't want is to be forced to use technologies I dislike just because it's where the money is in the industry and the people with power have decided it benefits them to sell devices that only allow software that runs in the javascript sandbox.
Re:For modern development, Javascript is just something you ...
by ulisesrmzroche on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @12:26PM
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Maybe the reason right now this is where the money is because consumers demand more of the capabilities that Javascript can give them, not because some overlords decided this was going to finally get those lazy programmers.
Personally, I enjoy writing in Javascript a lot. I like how it's more functional than other mainstream languages. And if we're going to debate style, that's great, but distribution just isn't a problem of Javascript, instead, one if its greater strengths.