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"JS is almost never the right tool for the job"

Except, you know, in the browser...




Yeah I didn’t get that part, JS is one of the most used languages because of the browser


This is fair. I don't write browser code.


Web Assembly is right around the corner... still =P


That doesn’t mean you need to write JavaScript. You can write code in a reasonable language that compiles to JavaScript.


Sometimes yes but for a lot of situations we have better options, like ClojureScript, TypeScript, etc.


I assume they meant everything, except the browser (like electron apps or NodeJS on the backend).




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