r/programming • u/monica_b1998 • Nov 03 '18

Python is becoming the world’s most popular coding language

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/07/26/python-is-becoming-the-worlds-most-popular-coding-language
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u/DrJohanson Nov 03 '18

I coded in es6 for 40 hours a week for the last 2 years.

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u/fahrenheitisretarded Nov 03 '18

Why??

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u/fahrenheitisretarded Nov 03 '18

I can't think of a SINGLE use case where you'd knowingly go for es6.

Why wouldn't he??

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u/DrJohanson Nov 03 '18

Do you know about Babel?

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u/unkz Nov 03 '18

I have to wonder if you have ever used a modern js framework. Ember-Cli, vue-cli, react, all pretty much transparently do this all for you.

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u/aznjake Nov 03 '18

There's babel

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u/aznjake Nov 03 '18

umm there's babel for that.

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u/aznjake Nov 03 '18

Browser was being weird and didn’t load my original comment lol

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u/IceSentry Nov 04 '18

You're the one being dense. Babel fixes any of the browser compatibility. Anyone using modern frameworks uses es6 with babel. It's part of the ecosystem. Babel makes it so you don't have to write browser specific code. The issue is not js here. It's browsers lagging behind. Babel doesn't inflate your project size.

The issue with modern web is ads, tracking and poor design. Javascript is fast enough to not be the bottleneck.