• wia@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Doing Odin Project now and the constant shiting on JS online is sort of crushing my motivation. 😫

    • BrucePotality@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Don’t worry about, JS is a fine language and is used by all of the top companies. If you want to get a job as a software developer you have decent odds if you learn JS

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        1 year ago

        As someone currently job hunting - native JS isn’t enough anymore. Everyone wants React devs. I see some posts for Vue or Angilar and sometimes even TypeScript but the vast majority want React coders now.

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          1 year ago

          Very true.
          If you are learning JavaScript, typescript is absolutely worth learning as well.
          React and Vue have some additional paradigms, but it is basically just JavaScript/typescript.
          It’s a lot to learn all in one step.

          I guess it’s like trying to learn C# and Unity all in one

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      1 year ago

      If you don’t hate a programming language you simply haven’t used it enough or are delusional. Every language sucks in its own special way, js ain’t special.

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        1 year ago

        I agree with you that every language has its flaws but JS feels like it was a hodgepodge created without any design philosophy in mind. I don’t use C or lisp in day to day work but I can appreciate their philosophies and power. Can’t say the same about JS.

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      1 year ago

      Don’t let it get to you. This is mostly just a circlejerk by people who don’t even use JS themselves.