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It was best as a silly toy language in the 1990's... (reddthat.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well, all websites are written in JS (on the frontend), so I don’t think that’s fair. And I don’t think 90% of the worst software is made in JS. Even if you’re an Electron hater, Electron apps aren’t bad software, they’re just bloated. There’s tons of shit software written in C. I would guess a lot more than is written in JS, just because more software is written in C. C is also way easier to shoot yourself in the foot.

Uptime Kuma (and others) show that JS can be used to make awesome software. The language doesn’t really hold you back, it’s just your own skill. If you suck at writing software, it doesn’t matter what language you use, your software will be shit.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    So any language is good as I can make great software using it?? IMO js is still a mess and NPM is really full of shit code to prove it.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago*

    I didn’t say that. You can make great software in Brainfuck, but I don’t think anyone has ever said it is good because of that.

    People do make good software in JavaScript. Knowing JavaScript is an exceptionally useful skill, and JavaScript is pretty easy to become decent at. The learning curve for JavaScript is relatively low. As such, there are tons of JS devs, many of which want to make cool things. JavaScript is undeniably an approachable language. Whether you personally think it’s a good language doesn’t have any bearing on that, but that means tons of people are going to use it to make cool software. To me, its approachability is one of the many things that make it good.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    Well, all websites are written in JS (on the frontend)

    Not true anymore unfortunately, some sites are using frameworks compiled to WASM instead.

    e.g. X is apparently using Yew now.

    Edit: Ok the "apparently" is doing heavy lifting, since now I can't find the original source I read about it. Turns out "X" is a garbage name with no searchability, only an idiot would use it.

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