Comment by moron4hire

4 years ago

I've been a software developer for 20 years. I've been doing JavaScript since it was invented. I do actually know a lot about these things.

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jl2718  4 years ago

Confession: when I say “completely new to JavaScript”, I mean that I once used it to make badly-animated pages as a kid in the 90s. It’s completely different now, so I say I’m a complete beginner.

beebeepka  4 years ago

That's not what you said initially. Nice bait

  • moron4hire  4 years ago

    I didn't say anything about my past experience. Is it so incomprehensible that people did massive amounts of web development before React was even a twinkle in someone's eye? Is it so incomprehensible that someone could learn React and then choose not to continue to use it?

    • beebeepka  4 years ago

      I actually don't like react. The whole thing reeks of religion.

      I do like Vue and Svelte, though. They let me do powerful things without getting in the way.

      Native APIs are fine but eventually you're gonna need some more abstractions in order to scale beyond a garage app.

      Frankly, I tend to write my own stuff on the backend but there's so much more work on the front end, you end up either adopting or building a framework.