If a developer cannot meaningfully work within .NET without an IDE, it absolutely counts. Just like someone on the frontend cannot work without babel or typescript.
Those libraries add specialized tooling for the project in question. Instead of downloading a runtime that has a huge std, in JS everything is downloaded on a per-project basis.
I cannot speak to .NET, but want to work with python? Bring in one library and it'll top 40MB (e.g. numpy).
I don't get why so many people complain about `node_modules` filesize, it's not even an issue to think about.
Those libraries add specialized tooling for the project in question. Instead of downloading a runtime that has a huge std, in JS everything is downloaded on a per-project basis.
I cannot speak to .NET, but want to work with python? Bring in one library and it'll top 40MB (e.g. numpy).
I don't get why so many people complain about `node_modules` filesize, it's not even an issue to think about.