> There are tons of javascript libraries that are out there
And there you have your answer :)
What the JS people don't seem to grasp is that I don't care how many
libraries are out there. I care even less about the incompatibilities
and the different release cycles of all those libraries. By now, I
hope you understand that my interest in maintaining and integrating all
those into a coherent system approaches zero.
I am a software engineer and not a JS technologist. The front-end is
just 1-10% of any serious system and yet, in the JS world, it takes
90% of the time building it and maintaining it. It just doesn't add up.
Imagine 10-15 years ago if we had to build GUI apps by mixing and matching
100 incoherent libraries, that in 1-5 months some of them will be obsolete,
abandoned or whatnot. This is what JS has accomplished today and people
just take it for granted.
Now I am sad and I will return to my crying corner.
And there you have your answer :)
What the JS people don't seem to grasp is that I don't care how many libraries are out there. I care even less about the incompatibilities and the different release cycles of all those libraries. By now, I hope you understand that my interest in maintaining and integrating all those into a coherent system approaches zero.
I am a software engineer and not a JS technologist. The front-end is just 1-10% of any serious system and yet, in the JS world, it takes 90% of the time building it and maintaining it. It just doesn't add up.
Imagine 10-15 years ago if we had to build GUI apps by mixing and matching 100 incoherent libraries, that in 1-5 months some of them will be obsolete, abandoned or whatnot. This is what JS has accomplished today and people just take it for granted.
Now I am sad and I will return to my crying corner.