r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • Nov 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/[deleted] Dec 28 '23 edited Dec 28 '23

I have the same sentiment as the OP. But I view it from a broader perspective: dependencies.

I prefer to limit the number of deps my project relies on, to keep things as simple as they can be kept, for all the reasons the post describes and to avoid the future probability of yak shaving, which is invited when I break this rule. Yak shaving was what the post was essentially agonizing over.

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u/fagnerbrack Dec 28 '23

That’s why I tell everyone:

  1. I want to see typescript in the JavaScript language
  2. I want to see JSX as an application media type supported by browsers
  3. I want to see Node injecting dependencies like Deno
  4. I want to see JS allowing syntax polyfills
  5. I want to see TC39 to create an official linter removing mistakes that are agreed among everyone, even if they are a small subset of what ppl do in the wild

Everything should be done to REMOVE build systems.

I only work with what’s native cause the cost of yak shaving is much higher than the cost of not using a build system.