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Poll: What is your primary programming language?

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Re: Poll: What is your primary programming language?

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I've spent the last five years in Rails, but finally got the whole "the browser handles the MV* framework" thing with Node.js, and now I've converted myself totally to javascript. Write backend and frontend code in the same language? Yes please. Longing for that fantastically delicious Ruby syntax? Do everything in coffeescript.

"Write backend and frontend code in the same language? Yes please." It's an awesome goal. I just wish that language wasn't Javascript...

CoffeeScript alleviates the issue. Seriously. I don't really like Ruby/Python (which CS seems to be heavily inspired on) but it's WAAAY better than JS.

It's seamlessly integrated with Node.js. I don't even notice I'm doing coffee, even my files are auto-compiled and minified to JS via express-coffee-script without me or the user noticing.

Or try one of the many alternatives: LiveScript, Coco...

Re: Poll: What is your primary programming language?

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Where is Bash ;( (half kidding. only half :P)

Why not? Unless a task is complex enough to take the time to write some Python, I'm doing most of my automation using zsh scripts.

Wait. Take the time to write some python?

Re: Poll: What is your primary programming language?

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post #74
post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Write backend and frontend code in the same language? Yes please." It's an awesome goal. I just wish that language wasn't Javascript...

CoffeeScript alleviates the issue. Seriously. I don't really like Ruby/Python (which CS seems to be heavily inspired on) but it's WAAAY better than JS. It's seamlessly integrated with Node.js. I don't even notice I'm doing coffee, even my files are auto-compiled and minified to JS via express-coffee-script without me or the user noticing. Or try one of the many alternatives: LiveScript, Coco...

CoffeeScript still suffers from many of the same problems that JavaScript does, as it's basically a very thin syntactic veneer over JavaScript.

Like CoffeeScript's homepage current states, 'The golden rule of CoffeeScript is: "It's just JavaScript".'

The problems with JavaScript are very inherent and at its very core. They aren't the kind of things that are fixed by changing the syntax. While languages like Dart and TypeScript go far beyond where CoffeeScript does, the mere presence of JavaScript underneath still causes problems and forces in limitations.

Re: Poll: What is your primary programming language?

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post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

CoffeeScript alleviates the issue. Seriously. I don't really like Ruby/Python (which CS seems to be heavily inspired on) but it's WAAAY better than JS. It's seamlessly integrated with Node.js. I don't even notice I'm doing coffee, even my files are auto-compiled and minified to JS via express-coffee-script without me or the user noticing. Or try one of the many alternatives: LiveScript, Coco...

CoffeeScript still suffers from many of the same problems that JavaScript does, as it's basically a very thin syntactic veneer over JavaScript. Like CoffeeScript's homepage current states, 'The golden rule of CoffeeScript is: "It's just JavaScript".' The problems with JavaScript are very inherent and at its very core. They aren't the kind of things that are fixed by changing the syntax. While languages like Dart and…

Which are the problems in your opinion? You mention Dart and TypeScrypt. Does that mean that typing is an issue for you? I actually like dynamic languages, that's why Coffee solved my problem.

Re: Poll: What is your primary programming language?

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post #69

Voted for C++. Pretty high points. Unfortunately, this is not reflected in recent "who is hiring" threads. Lets hope for the best in the upcoming one :)

"who is hiring" is a poor metric due to how legacy software works. You'll get a very bad picture of what is actually hot if you only look at what jobs are currently open.
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