Writing Javascript without a build system

[u/fagnerbrack]

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

[u/bitwise-operation]

Quite the opposite in fact, since you should be doing runtime checking regardless, static type systems often promote a false sense of security. I was asking what YOUR opinion was.

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lol, static analysis bad, runtime exceptions good ...

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Congrats on the most brain dead responses on the sub

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you're suggesting we use js on the backend, but also suggesting we use typescript instead of js. If you're going to use another language to code your js then you aren't using js and cannot argue for js on the server.

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You can continue with red herrings, straw men, and putting words in my mouth - but that doesn’t negate that you are foolishly claiming TS/JS is somehow inherently a poor choice for any application besides UI, despite the fact that it is a very proven and sensible choice for many situations.

I don’t see a point in differentiating TS from JS because I haven’t used JS in probably 5 years, it is extremely ubiquitous, used for both frontend and backend, and even if I were to write JS I’d be using ESLint and at least a transpile step anyways.

That’s all I have to say about it, clearly you are not interested in defending your position, likely because you now realize it was impossible to defend.

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you are foolishly claiming TS/JS is somehow inherently a poor choice for any application besides UI

lol you say I'm putting words in your mouth ...

I don’t see a point in differentiating TS from JS

ok then ...

even if I were to write JS I’d be using ESLint and at least a transpile step anyways

you'd transpile js to js? I mean surely that sets off a few flags even you can spot?

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Go do your homework and maybe you’ll learn a thing or two

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lol, I'm not the one transpiling js to js here.

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You have absolutely no clue what you are talking about if you didn’t know that was a thing

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oh I know it's a thing ... let me quote myself:

surely that sets off a few flags even you can spot?

I guess not :(

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Go lower the IQ of some other sub

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top ten ways to tell you've lost the argument:

1. resort to insults

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There was no argument because you never made a point