symboltoproc
Joined 9 years ago
Joined 9 years ago
I suspect that the main motivation is not Brexit but fiercer competition in the UK (e.g. Monzo).
That said, document.write is kind of special since it requires JavaScript to run while the HTML document is still open (so before it fires the loaded event). There is a reason this API is barely used today and mostly superset by appendChild.
I've seen third party dependencies churn on Elixir as well (packages that are no longer maintained or alternatives that are better) - I think it's an inherent problem with using dependencies and has nothing to do with the programming language in which those dependencies are written.
> As a developer I just want to get on with my work, not have to read another Hackernoon post on how everything from last week is obsolete because XYZ framework
My recommendation is that you don't read Hackernoon. This seems like a very ineffective way to level up your developer skills.
Edit: I agree that Elixir is very nice and would pick it over JavaScript for backend heavy applications without thinking. I just don't think this argument makes any sense in that context.
Otherwise pretty impressive.
$('select.dropdown').dropdown('set selected', ['meteor', 'ember']);
Is the most unintuitive Javascript I've ever seen.