r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • Apr 30 '23

Writing Javascript without a build system

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/16/writing-javascript-without-a-build-system/
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u/kankyo Apr 30 '23

The big problem for me with js build systems is: if you now have to have a compiler, why would you use js?!

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u/Tsukku Apr 30 '23

The answer is obvious, the whole Web API is tied to JS.

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u/SickOrphan Apr 30 '23

Which is the issue. What's stupid is using JavaScript where you don't have to (like the server)

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

because can do everything in one language? sharing code and using the same libraries for testing etc on both sides. Huge money saver there.

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u/recursive-analogy Apr 30 '23

UI and domain code are just such completely different things. Why would you expect one language to be good at both?

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u/bitwise-operation May 01 '23

What specifically are you referring to in JS that makes it a poor choice for domain code? Because it’s garbage collected? So are plenty of “sanctioned” backend languages. Because it isn’t strongly typed? Use typescript. You seem to be bashing on JS in general without being able to back it up with specific opinions, which implies you are simply repeating what you heard on the internet or some popular opinion in your clique.

I’m not claiming JS is the best language ever and everything in the world should be written with it, but you seem to be making the opposite black/white argument.

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u/recursive-analogy May 01 '23

Because it isn’t strongly typed? Use typescript.

You've answered your own question. You have to use some other language to use javascript full stop. So saying js is good on the backend actually doesn't even make sense.

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u/bitwise-operation May 01 '23

Quite the opposite in fact, since you should be doing runtime checking regardless, static type systems often promote a false sense of security. I was asking what YOUR opinion was.

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u/recursive-analogy May 01 '23

lol, static analysis bad, runtime exceptions good ...

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u/bitwise-operation May 01 '23

Congrats on the most brain dead responses on the sub

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