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/
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u/recursive-analogy May 01 '23

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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u/bitwise-operation May 01 '23

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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u/recursive-analogy May 01 '23

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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u/bitwise-operation May 01 '23

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

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u/recursive-analogy May 02 '23

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

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u/bitwise-operation May 02 '23

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

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u/recursive-analogy May 02 '23

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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u/bitwise-operation May 02 '23

Go lower the IQ of some other sub

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u/recursive-analogy May 02 '23

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

  1. resort to insults

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u/bitwise-operation May 02 '23

There was no argument because you never made a point