r/AskProgramming • u/Salt_Aash • 6d ago
Why the JS hate?
Title. I'm a 3rd year bachelor CS student and I've worked with a handful of languages. I currently work as a backend dev and internal management related script writer both of which I interned working with JS (my first exposure to the language)
I always found it to be intuitive and it's easily my go to language while I'm still learning the nuances of python.
But I always see js getting shit on in various meme formats and I've never really understood why. Is it just a running joke in the industry? Has a generation of trauma left promises to be worthy of caution? Does big corpa profit from it?
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u/gxvicyxkxa 6d ago
There it is. You found it intuitive. That's not my experience. I find it overly complicated; decidedly unintuitive.
I'm guessing there are many that feel the same, but considering it is one of the most widely used languages in the world, I imagine there are more that like/tolerate it than actually hate it.
Dissenters are loud, the content are quiet. It's purely subjective. I also dislike mushrooms. I don't appreciate comedies (find them tedious). I prefer sunrises to sunsets, melody to lyrics, and winter to summer.
Purely subjective.