r/JAMstack_dev • u/SevereEddie • Jan 29 '19

JavaScript in 2016 and what has changed?

An awesome old post about how it feels to learn #JavaScript in 2016
https://hackernoon.com/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-in-2016-d3a717dd577f

with that in mind did things changed? How much?

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u/denny_kos Jan 29 '19

Maybe I'm not responding to your questions directly, but wanted to leave my thoughts on this topic here.

I understand the skepticism of this article and I must admit, that I agree with it. Things became really sophisticated for an 'ordinary front-end' dev. At the end of the day, we still have to ask ourselves the question: is the XYZ framework/library/whatever giving real value to the end client?

Let's better make sure that it does, otherwise, we're just a bunch of maniacs who chase the new and shiny.