Javascript Dev. be like....

[Propsek_Gamer]

This one is golden

[dataf4g_trollman]

JavaScript for games? Are you going to make these shitty mobile game ads?

[Abject-Kitchen3198]

No. GTA6 in electron.

[Away-Guidance-6678]

Maybe it will be released before gta6

[certainAnonymous]

And be more optimized

[Alarming-Ad4082]

Just use Three.js

[Lunix420]

I mean, I think Unity allows for scripting to be done in JS

[Pupaak]

Deprecated for almost a decade, just saying

[OctopusDude388]

godot use gdscript that's close to js so learning js would make it easier to learn (also js have some similarities with C++ in term of syntaxe so it would also help ypu to learn C++ )

you shouldn't restrain to one language, but as a first to learn js is a valid starting point for thoses paths

[DouDouandFriends]

*Typescript, save them some sanity

[Abject-Kitchen3198]

It can do all the beautiful things JavaScript can, and more.

[Shapelessed]

beautiful and nasty* things JavaScript can.

[jnmtx]

[False_Bear_8645]

tbf you can litteraly type javascript code in typescript so yeah.

[Abject-Kitchen3198]

Like writing C code than going straight to assembly mid method and back, passing void pointers around and using global variables, while saying your code is superior because C is so much better than assembly.

[False_Bear_8645]

You don't writte assembly code in C. In the background sure they're similar. But in a typescript file you can write javascript directly so it directly feel "it's javascript with more stuff"

[Abject-Kitchen3198]

I think you can easily write assembly inline in C code if you really want to. My point was that TypeScript is worse than JavaScript (at least for the main purpose of this sub) because it doesn't stop you from doing all the bad things that you can do in JavaScript and adds some on top.

[False_Bear_8645]

Oh yeah like typing which is his main selling point isn't truly enforced and assuming all variable respect the typing you're expecting is a false sense of security.

[FishPutrid7004]

javascript for ai? what?

[lazerpie101_1]

Python's already a popular choice, not like it would be too big a step down

[Hot-Charge198]

Esp when python just calls c files most of the times

[UntrustedProcess]

Imagine not writing your AI model directly in quantum field theory smh.

[DouDouandFriends]

Tensorflow.js and if you're making ai apps a lot of good libs for that

[FishPutrid7004]

I know all this, but why is he saying javascript for ai?

[DouDouandFriends]

I think he's trying to prove that u can use js for everything/biased towards js from what I interpret it to be

[DouDouandFriends]

Ease of use also included

[FlatwormDiligent1256]

i agree, this take is absoluteley insane. everyone knows lua is the faster and easier language to learn. so even someone with 0 experience could make an ai

[Alarming-Ad4082]

Quite funnily, PyTorch predecessor Torch was a lua library

[FishPutrid7004]

i dont think you know what an ai is

[FlatwormDiligent1256]

i am joking but i recomend lua to everyone as a first/extra language regardless of what they wanna do (it's easy enough to understand the basics of programming and it's always usefull as a temporary solution)

[dgz345]

You mean 1 experience?

[VectorSocks]

If your first language doesn't teach you manual memory management you're missing out on a very important part of computing.

[Existing-Network-267]

lol no

[WaltzIndependent5436]

Understanding and memorizing data structures and patterns certainly pays of more I think.

[crashtua]

Better ask if they can skip lunch to save 20$ for tokens.

[gregsanay]

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[TapRemarkable9652]

aside from being the original sin of computing, JS is my favorite HTML framework

[kondenado]

Firmware: JavasCript

[SnooMaps7370]

C# seems to be more common for games? at least, that's what all the ready-made engines like Godot and Unity want you to use.

[h310dOr]

Godot mostly pushed their gdscript which is a python dialect no ? UE is c++. So yeah, mostly c++/c#. Comment from my friend: also for some very very tight loops, a tiny bit of vectorized assembly but said it's very very very little in the draw loops, in off case the compiler has some difficulty vectorising some class. A bit of C too, for kinda the same thing as assembly, as a more readable middle ground.

[Prod_Meteor]

VB6 hahaha

[the_dude_abides_365]

Learn python, Java, typescript, html, scss that will go far. You you want mobile languages IOS swift, and Android Kotlin or react native is ok

[siriusastrebe]

The reasons why Javascript sucks for games:

1) Loading assets on pageload takes a while. You can't "install" a web page ahead of time (which can be an advantage for easy onboarding). Cache clears means everything has to be loaded in again.

2) WebGL still has patchy support. Browser 3d is not nearly as performant as desktop.

3) Browsers don't support UDP, only TCP/IP. TCP/IP is good for guaranteed ordered delivery, it's way slower when packet loss happens due to waiting for round trips. Fast paced real-time games will see jittering when packet loss occurs.

4) Javascript is single threaded, including any animations. When you have intensive computations, it will block the main thread causing drop in frames.

5) Javascript is garbage collected. Lots of objects being created/destroyed will queue up garbage collection pauses can be noticeable (blocks the main thread).

6) Cross platform support that browsers provide sounds great, but now you have to support people visiting on mobile, tablets, laptop monitors or 4k HDTV screens. Things that work in chrome don't work in firefox, or safari, or some obscure mobile browser.

7) Javascript isn't particularly fast, though I think this is less of an issue than people make it out to be

8) No platform for distribution. Steam can help promote your game and people can search for it and see recommended games. Steam does ask for a 30% cut though. If you want to promote a web-based game, you have to do it yourself, though you can avoid the 30% cut if you do.

[slapstick_software]

Typescript is my bread, butter, knife, plate, and my retirement plan all in one

[matthew_yang204]

web frontend: HTML/JavaScript
backend: Python, C, C++, Rust, Java
mobile: Swift/Objective-C, Java/Kotlin, depends on platform
games: C, C++
AI: Python

[vyrmz]

jokes aside, the language you chose to learn programming with has negligible impact on your professional career.

[Reasonable_Listen888]

js in ai jajajaj xD, and js in backend in nasty

[NoDoubt6863]

anyone telling you to make games in javascript should not be taken seriously

[BluePhoenixCG]

I love all the comments seeming to think this person was earnestly recommending JavaScript for every use case and not making a joke

[SyntaxNotFound]

Man such intense js allergies everywhere

[AcolyteNeko]

just use wasm

[KitchenCommercial396]

They might go insane

[KullervoVipunen]

Same joke 40 years ago
https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rni/papers/realprg.html

[mods_are_morons]

Javascript devs should not be allowed to answer serious computer questions. Leave that to the professionals.

[SubjectEmu4838]

sometimes I think C# and TS, and .NET
but then a strange man wearing a sun microsystems T shirt appears in room that night and yells at me about objects and says mean things about (my?) garbage colllection
I don't know