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Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

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Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

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Post by tluyben2 »

chrisseaton wrote: post #27

It says that the the JavaScript is compiled to native code. That's not something you get from React Native today is it? Have they implemented a new native code compiler for JavaScript? I wonder what compiler technology it uses.

I was wondering that after reading more of the tweets; React native doesn’t compile the JS to native, so not sure what they are using to do all of that? Bit worried about the far superior languages C# and F# if they are not even dogfooding anymore.

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

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Post by setquk »

bitL wrote: post #5

Oh well, the kool-aid is strong. Next round of what Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away... Can somebody please design even worse language so that we can progress by reimplementing everything in it, keeping us occupied for the next 20 years?

Not only that, billions of hours of invested time and knowledge will be thrown out of the window instantly and everyone who integrates anything with Office will have to start again from scratch. Literally at least a third of the world is built on bits of spaghetti and duct tape on Office.

For developers though, this is chargeable so I'm on the fence :)

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

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Post by rising-sky »

rbinv wrote: post #7
vesak wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"No they are not electron apps. They are compiled to native code. It's now finally one toolchain(#webpack) It's one codebase and it compiles to: Web Android IOS MacOS UWP WIN32 (only one that uses electron) 7:52 AM · Jun 13, 2018" https://mobile.twitter.com/TheLarkInn/status/100676113439583...

He says so in another tweet/reply.

link?

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

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Post by nawgszy »

bitL wrote: post #5

Oh well, the kool-aid is strong. Next round of what Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away... Can somebody please design even worse language so that we can progress by reimplementing everything in it, keeping us occupied for the next 20 years?

>even worse language

What's wrong with JS, exactly, that isn't made up for by its advantages?

I see these 'kool-aid' / 'JS is cancer' comments all the time, but they don't come with any real details.

I feel like you've probably never really used JS, if I'm being honest.

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

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Post by capelio »

bitL wrote: post #5

Oh well, the kool-aid is strong. Next round of what Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away... Can somebody please design even worse language so that we can progress by reimplementing everything in it, keeping us occupied for the next 20 years?

How much more real world evidence does HN need to see before the "JS isn't a real language" meme is abandoned?

Pretty sure we're up to billions of real world value created by software written in Javascript. If you're still dismissive at this point, it's time to catch up. You've missed the boat.

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

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Post by rubidium »

Dinux wrote: post #26
Maarten88 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From what I understand they are using React Native. I too find it hard to believe they would drop the native Windows and OSX versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, for apps written in React Native. But Microsoft has offered many surprises lately...

We're talking 50M SLOC and 20+ years of development for native platforms. I highly doubt that they will let that go in favor of an JS app.

Outlook on the web is certainly better than the application on windows... word won't be too hard. Now excel, that's the one I'd be surprised to see.
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