To people who come to JavaScript from other languages, what do you like about it?

Personally, I like that it's more command-line friendly than Java, although I don't trust TS as much as Java's simpler type system

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sqw@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 3y

I find very little to like about it. It makes even simple obvious tasks extremely frustrating.

Pixel@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 3y

I like that it's widely supported in the browser. Something is better than nothing (arguably). Other than that, no thanks

sgharms@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 3y

Function as first class data was pretty great (lambdas) far ahead of other languages used in 1999.

Asynchrony / event loop to get to non-blocking was / is a huge leap.

Like it or no, it’s pretty much English: a polyglot, imprecise, syncretic mish-mash that’s absolutely everywhere. Many arguments against it are some sort of rehash of “But how will they communicate well without learning Latin?!” I love Latin and know Latin, ut the fact that kids in Delhi are rapping (!) in Hinglish suggests that English’s promiscuity is a virtue. Same for JS.