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Frontend Language Feature Matrix (programming.dev)
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Hi! I've created this page to showcase the features of Mint (since there are so many) and their corresponding versions in other similar languages.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

What are "frontend language"s?

Just wondering if this is very incomplete or due to scoping.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Languages well suited for client side web code. Most of these (maybe all?) compile to JavaScript and are designed for the web.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Web is just one kind of frontend though. And there's more ways to target web with JavaScript interfacing than transpiling to JavaScript.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Sure, but without further context, "frontend" means the web. And "frontend language" means languages that were designed for the frontend. You can write a website fromtend in Python, but you absolutely shouldn't!

    You can use languages like Java and Rust too which are more reasonable options, but they aren't "frontend languages".

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