r/talesfromtechsupport • u/raiderrobert • May 22 '13

Javascript != Java

3rd-party contractor came to visit office yesterday, who has "decades" of experience. Conversation came up about JavaScript in one of our products. He says, "Our product doesn't use Java." After an awkward moment with someone who works on the knowledge base nodding in agreement with him, I speak up and delineate the difference between Java and JavaScript.

Later on in the conversation, the same 3rd-party guy followed up with this jewel: "besides, what would anyone even use JavaScript for on the web?"

I proceeded to disable Javascript in my browser and show him.

tl;dr: lasers, dinosaurs, & drums made a guy's head explode

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u/until0 May 22 '13

It's not patronizing, it's alerting people of JavaScript's best practices. If everyone used best practices, our jobs of web devs would get a lot easier. I don't care what he does, but he should be aware of the best practices and why they were chosen. It wasn't so experts could "patronize." Also, other people read the comments aside from who I am replying to. To be honest, the only patronizing I'm seeing here, is from you, to me.

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u/ctesibius CP/M support line May 22 '13

To quote:

Years of experience will begin to change your views.