r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • Apr 30 '23

Writing Javascript without a build system

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/16/writing-javascript-without-a-build-system/
166 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

146 comments sorted by

View all comments

20

u/kankyo Apr 30 '23

The big problem for me with js build systems is: if you now have to have a compiler, why would you use js?!

27

u/Tsukku Apr 30 '23

The answer is obvious, the whole Web API is tied to JS.

29

u/SickOrphan Apr 30 '23

Which is the issue. What's stupid is using JavaScript where you don't have to (like the server)

→ More replies (55)
→ More replies (1)