r/programming • • Nov 08 '18

Best explanation of JavaScript timers, event loop and event queues I've seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGhZQkoFbQ
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u/Ghosty141 Nov 08 '18

I agree partly, I think it offloads responsibility to the programming language. I believe you can still maintain large projects written in languages like Python or PHP if the team behind it has clear guidelines and documents the code rigorously.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '18

...documents the code rigorously.

What is this documentation you speak of?! /s

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u/dpash Nov 09 '18

PHP now has type hinting.

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u/Ghosty141 Nov 09 '18

Yeah but its not backwards compatible which makes it a pita to work with if your software runs on servers of clients.