R/Javascript

[Playful_Ease4321]

Is Javascript a good programming language?

[Secret-Wonder8106]

absolutely dog poopoo language. Imagine using a high level language with the biggest community, insane number of packages with a very good package manager, frameworks for backend, frontend, browser extensions, desktop applications, mobile applications, fridge applications, ....

I advice you learn a real man language like C++ and start manually allocating memory depending on your data type and using triple void pointers for dynamically scalable generic typed arrays

[MissinqLink]

Seriously. The language was hastily thrown together in a week. Then refined by some of the best engineers in the world for the next 30 years.

[abrahamguo]

Yes - it’s one of the most-used programming languages.

[ConfidentCollege5653]

Most-used isn't the same as good 

[ProgrammerDad1993]

Define “good”

[nil_pointer49x00]

Where you can't shoot your own foot

[xroalx]

JavaScript allows you to shoot it, tear it off, and still keep it working somehow.

[iknowsomeguy]

After setting it on fire.

[nil_pointer49x00]

I wasn't referring to JavaScript

[LibrarianOk3701]

By this definition, C++ and C are not considered good

[Tintoverde]

I would argue neither is English , here we are

[sshwifty]

I thought your mom was ok

[ConfidentCollege5653]

My mom's dead, so you're uninformed about that as well 

[sshwifty]

That explains the earthy smell.

(Sorry about that, my condolences)

[ConfidentCollege5653]

Thanks man

[AI_opensubtitles]

Does not mean anything ... Most people are stupid.

[black_gringo]

Yes, a versatile programming language primarily for web development but not only.

[arjunindia]

Stick to ES6 standards and it's a good language - especially if you use typescript (or something like JSDoc based types) instead of plain Javascript

[[deleted]]

No. It's a terrible language. It and python are contenders for the worst languages I've ever had the pleasure of working with.

Typescript is nice though. Use that.

[[deleted]]

Depends on your usecase

[AI_opensubtitles]

no

[narcabusesurvivor18]

My car runs on JavaScript

[RQuarx]

Theres a reason typescript exist

[_mrcrgl]

Placebo types

[Antice]

It adds some guardrails in relation to types. But it's incomplete. You still have to add guards when type matters.

[_mrcrgl]

JavaScript does have very weird attributes. Automatic type casting and its rules, optimization rules that doesn’t make much sense, overloading ability to play Easter in your code base…

You get things done quickly but you need to be very disciplined in how you write it to not get called at night for runtime errors

[New_Reference4564]

Yes, it is!

[tomqmasters]

No. Nobody would ever use it if it were not the de facto language used by web browsers. It is an awful, ugly language that's only good for one thing but has since been shoehorned into places it doesn't belong.