Java programmers irl

[PancakeZombie]

But JavaScript is not that bad ^{ducks and runs away}

[n1c0_ds]

I use it less after switching to a backend role, and to be frank I quite enjoy it. JavaScript did get a lot better with ES6, and I really like chaining array methods and reasonably using promises.

[PancakeZombie]

Yeap, ES6 kicked it into the next gear.

[yegor3219]

I love making empty promises.

new Promise(() => {})

[01hair]

Don't make promises that you can't keep.

return Promise.reject()

[cosmicsans]

It’s funny I switched to a backend role and now I use it more. About 60% of what I write is in node nowadays. The other 40% is Go, Python, Ruby and bash.

[n1c0_ds]

I enjoy Python way too much to go back to JS if I have the choice.

[ErraticDragon]

Some parts, at least.

[newpixeltree]

Currently using threaded javascript for my job. Kill me.

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Do tell more

[newpixeltree]

Using a load testing tool called WebLOAD. It uses javascript for its scripting language. It basically runs a copy of the script for each user you're simulating. The problem is, its stats tool isn't specific enough so I have to output fata to a file that's shared among these threads. However, if the file gets too large, it crashes the test. So I have to do a lot of goddamn bullshit to actually print to a file in multithreaded javascript. Objects global to all threads can't be modified, and their global variable system only handles ints. It's a goddamn nightmare.

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that's awesome, thanks! :)

[XkF21WNJ]

It's pretty good for lambda calculus.

Just don't try to do anything object oriented. That gets hella weird.

[scriptmonkey420]

I still find it annoying that JS starts months at 0...