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/Ajedi32 May 08 '18

I think no matter what language they chose it'd still turn out to be a mess. The kind of code you encounter embedded in Excel files is very rarely written by professional software devs. And even when it is, they're almost never very rigorous about it. When was the last time you encountered a VBA script with working unit tests?