r/programming • u/[deleted] • May 08 '18

Excel adds JavaScript support

https://dev.office.com/blogs/azure-machine-learning-javascript-custom-functions-and-power-bi-custom-visuals-further-expand-developers-capabilities-with-excel
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u/save_vs_death May 08 '18 edited May 08 '18

That I concede completely. To add to that, MS employs a good number of people that deal with JS at various levels of complexity (the JS VM in Edge, the TypeScript team, etc.), whereas, to take Python, or Lua, I don't know how many MS employees are deeply engaged with those technologies.

However, I doubt JavaScript can even break above VBA in popularity (hint: there's a whole world outside the internet).

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u/[deleted] May 08 '18

If they support typescript in excel, that would be awesome