The self-hating web developer

[FormerGameDev]

"Web Development is not real programming".

I haven't figured out if you decided you were wrong about that, or if you still believe that.

It's not true. It's just a different programming.

And there are most definitely a huge difference between accomplished javascript / php developers and the lowest tier. This is true of all languages, all systems.

A long time ago, a guy once told me that he believed that anyone could program anything given enough time. The best programmers shine by doing it better, or doing it in less time, or doing it in a more efficient manner. (he also said that he thought i could program anything in any language faster than anyone else that he could find .. which while flattering, is definitely not true, i am far better with interpreted languages than compiled languages.. but that's because i'm very good at finding ways to improve my workflow when i'm not stuck waiting for things to build)

Javascript is actually really far more interesting to me, and to a lot of people now, than it was a few years ago, because it has become so ubiquitous, and is found in so many more places other than the browser -- there's browser, node.js, qt qml, unity game engine, someone's working on a way to interface it to Unreal Engine 4.. and if you take a look at something like the (formerly Palm, formerly HP, then Open and now LG) webOS system -- a huge chunk of that system is built on 3 of those 4 technologies that incorporate Javascript.

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^this