▲ 342 ▼ What are your programming hot takes? (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 years ago by 257m@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev 894 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 3 years ago (3 children) Internet would be better if javascript was never invented. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 years ago (1 child) The JavaScript ecosystem is made worse by the legions of "developers" in it which amount to bro-velopers that put no thought into if something is needed before they create it. There's a strong overlap between the idiots in crypto and JavaScript developers that needs to be decoupled drastically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 years ago no thought into if something is needed before they create it i think the world would be a better place in general if that persists.... permalink fedilink source parent [–] CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn@hexbear.net 7 points 3 years ago Still a hot take probably but everyone I know hates JS. permalink fedilink source parent [–] true_blue@lemmy.comfysnug.space 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I forgot where I heard this, but at one point around the same time, Microsoft was trying to get BASIC embedded into webpages for Internet Explorer as a competitor to JavaScript. Would the internet really be better with BASIC? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] asyncrosaurus@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) What do you mean going to? Internet Explorer supported VBscript, which was a "competitor" to Javascript. Though being locked to ie was a hindrance to adoption. That, and it was based on vb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] true_blue@lemmy.comfysnug.space 4 points 3 years ago I'm going off memory. Pretty glad that never took off, even if what we were left with was Javascript... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 years ago (1 child) The JavaScript ecosystem is made worse by the legions of "developers" in it which amount to bro-velopers that put no thought into if something is needed before they create it. There's a strong overlap between the idiots in crypto and JavaScript developers that needs to be decoupled drastically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 years ago no thought into if something is needed before they create it i think the world would be a better place in general if that persists.... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 years ago no thought into if something is needed before they create it i think the world would be a better place in general if that persists.... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn@hexbear.net 7 points 3 years ago Still a hot take probably but everyone I know hates JS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] true_blue@lemmy.comfysnug.space 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I forgot where I heard this, but at one point around the same time, Microsoft was trying to get BASIC embedded into webpages for Internet Explorer as a competitor to JavaScript. Would the internet really be better with BASIC? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] asyncrosaurus@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) What do you mean going to? Internet Explorer supported VBscript, which was a "competitor" to Javascript. Though being locked to ie was a hindrance to adoption. That, and it was based on vb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] true_blue@lemmy.comfysnug.space 4 points 3 years ago I'm going off memory. Pretty glad that never took off, even if what we were left with was Javascript... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] asyncrosaurus@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) What do you mean going to? Internet Explorer supported VBscript, which was a "competitor" to Javascript. Though being locked to ie was a hindrance to adoption. That, and it was based on vb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] true_blue@lemmy.comfysnug.space 4 points 3 years ago I'm going off memory. Pretty glad that never took off, even if what we were left with was Javascript... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] true_blue@lemmy.comfysnug.space 4 points 3 years ago I'm going off memory. Pretty glad that never took off, even if what we were left with was Javascript... permalink fedilink source parent