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JavaScript at Py Con?
Yep. It was on the schedule.
I think you'll find that the python ecosystem is very large and varied.
The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
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Re: The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
#32Re: The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
#33> xs = ['10', '10', '10'] > xs.map(parseInt) [10, NaN, 2] Javascript is beautiful.
Just like with any language, as long as you read the docs of the stuff you use, you don't get this problem (you might get others with automatic type conversion and missing arguments like the speaker says, but not this)... this is just stupid.
Try this:
int subtract(int b, int a) { return a - b; }
int test = subtract(5, 3); // != 2, just read the damn docs
Oh, C sucks now !
The talk is quite fun and interesting to watch though.
And the end is pretty cool.
Re: The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
#34It's not far off my predictions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6923758
Though I'm far less funny about it.
Re: The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
#35I'm missing some obvious joke...but why is he pronouncing it yava-script.
No hard 'J's in many languages (Like Slavic languages). It's pronounced 'y'. Anyone have a list?
Re: The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
#36Consider the relationship between Chromebooks and METAL.
(I'm typing this from my Pixel...)
Re: The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
#37> xs = ['10', '10', '10'] > xs.map(parseInt) [10, NaN, 2] Javascript is beautiful.
There are so many good WTFs in JS, but this is not one. parseInt expects 2 arguments and Array.prototype.map provides 3 to the callback it is given. Both of these facts are very well documented and known. var mappableParseInt = function(str){ return parseInt(str, 10); }; ['10', '10', '10'].map(mappableParseInt); I'd suspect this snippet is more a snipe at people who don't know JS very well and expect parseInt to be b…
You could say it's a snipe at the weak type system that Javascript has.
I dunno, as someone without much experience with Javascript, it is a little odd that arrays return the index alongside the value by default.
Re: The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
#38Re: The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
#39For those unfamiliar, Gary Bernhardt is the same guy who did the famous "Wat" talk on JavaScript: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat
Funniest tech video I've seen! Actually maybe even minus the "tech".
Re: The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
#40"I get back to the DOM"