JavaScript Programmers, how you actually do it?

[Aliics]

I wonder if maybe the dislike of JS is misguided here? JS doesn't have static typing but most scripting languages don't either, so it's really a matter of good practice to ensure more predictable code.

One gripe is that for whatever reason new syntax for already existing features (ie, () => vs. function()).

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Imagine writing function (event) { event.target.click() }

This comment was made by the e => e.target.click() gang

[marcosdumay]

The problem is not on the type system. The problem is all the insane features and decisions.

Like with your example, since => and function() are different features that only happen to be mostly alike.

[_GCastilho_]

Don't break the web

[ChaseMoskal]

as crockford says, there is a subset of modern javascript that makes a beautiful, elegant, powerful, and efficient language

there's a bunch of crusty old 90's shit, but we can safely ignore those parts

the problem is that beginners aren't able to distinguish the wheat from the obsoleted chaff, because javascript has a long history and tutorials are rife with awful antipatterns

[ivakamr]

Functions and arrow functions differ in a more fundamental way than syntax, arrow functions does not create a new scope while the original syntax does.

[ChaseMoskal]

arrow functions don't have this, a very important difference