>> but by the same token, invited entire (and continuing) mountains of half-assed, unsupported(unsupportable) code that just begets generations of garbage.
Isn't it possible to say this for just about every programming language?
Isn't it possible to say this for just about every programming language?
But C++, Java, Perl, even Python has a bit of a learning curve that demands some small amount of commitment (and more importantly, understanding) to get moving with.
Javascript, VB, PHP can get a person creating things in an afternoon (which I am not against, I like that it might inspire people to get into "real" development), which invites hit-and-run development.
The lower the barrier to entry, the more "inexperienced" people you get
And with nodejs the inmates are running the asylum
There is great nodejs code, for sure. But as left pad has shown us, it seems it is a big "Neverland"