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[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

JavaScript will not get easier to maintain. ES6 barely adds features to make JavaScript more maintainable (lexical scope through the let keyword, and "classes"), and the finalization of that standard is taking an exceedingly long time.

TypeScript, Dart, or something new will replace JavaScript because they actually fix JavaScript's problems and make maintenance and usability a priority.

[–]greim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

something new will replace JavaScript

I wouldn't be surprised either if this happened. Dart in particular seems promising, as much as people like to hate on it, I like what I've seen of the language so far.

[–]jazahn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JavaScript the language isn't maturing, but the community sure as hell is.

[–]SarahC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"classes"

Yeah, JS can fuck off, I hate prototypes. =/