How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016

   The following is inspired by the article “It’s the future” from Circle CI.
   You can read the original here (https://circleci.com/blog/its-the-future/).

Re: How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016

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Post by gadrev » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 5:28 PM UTC

This was actually a didactic piece.

While criticizing the current state of affairs, it gives a nice overview of many of the emerging technologies and how they fit together, even if for some tasks it feels retarded to pull such an entangled mess of dependencies.

You can then go insane diving into any particular one :)

Re: How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016

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Post by ABoldGambit » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 5:28 PM UTC

jlas wrote: post #3

Reminds me of https://circleci.com/blog/its-the-future/

Ahhh I wondered why I was having massive deja vu reading OPs article! Both great posts.

Re: How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016

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Post by egwynn » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 5:29 PM UTC

Re: How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016

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Post by buckbova » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 5:43 PM UTC

"It’s 2016 man, no one uses jQuery anymore, it ends up in a bunch of spaghetti code. Everyone knows that."

I prefer "jQuery soup."

Re: How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016

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Post by patmcguire » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 5:56 PM UTC

Reminds me of "starting Rails today is like starting to watch a soap opera in the 7th season"

http://words.steveklabnik.com/rails-has-two-default-stacks

Be thankful, at least it's not 2013, the new-js-framework-on-the-front-page-of-HN-every-day era.