Do people really hate JavaScript that much? I've grown fond of it in recent years, especially after ES6.
Granted, that was back in 2008 and most of my complaints have been addressed now almost a decade later (except for destructors, it still doesn't have those, but I also don't need them anymore).
These days I move between JavaScript, Python, Go, and C seamlessly and I can honestly say that I don't hate any of them as much as clients, managers, and 3rd party code.
[1] http://davywybiral.blogspot.com/2008/01/javascript-bad.html
I would never debate that. I think language choice for many people is a personal decision. There are some that I will hold my nose and use; not even complain too much. There are others that the minute there is an alternative to, I would use that instead. JS is in the latter camp for me.
If it helps, my current favorite language is Rust... they may be syntactically similar, but I just can't stand the semantics, or lack there of, of JS.
Yes. People really hate C that much. C++ brought some sanity to the language, but I continue to be firmly in the camp of continuing to hate and despise its existence.
For browser programming, or full stack in a single language, you have less choice, and none if you reject transpiling.
Anyway, the nouns are important.
It's a great container for reducing the work to deliver code across platforms.
JavaScript is a necessary evil right now; it's the least common denominator for delivery. I would probably choose typescript if I were starting a new app right now to target it, though I want to play with Rust and webassembly soon.
It's success is not bc of JavaScript; it's because it merges the cross platform Dev experience.
wouldn't you rather just run ES6 right in the browser instead of compiling it first at all?
For example, on the type of projects I work on, all tooling is certified by customers IT and anything extra requires change request, that might get approved, or not.