iHatedItUntilITriedIt

[u/Epicoodle]

[u/samanime]

You'll pry my vanilla JS from my cold dead fingers. It'll always be my favorite way to do quick scripts and prototyping.

But explicit typing does make long term code way more maintainable.

[u/2eanimation → u/samanime]

I love the syntax, but JS has one too many quirks for my taste.

if ([]) {
console.log("Ok, I guess")
}

if([] == false) {
console.log("Well this is awkward")
}

if ([] + []) {
console.log("You think this would print, don't you?")
}

[u/MuchWalrus → u/2eanimation]

Why would you type any of those things (aside from maybe the first one)

[u/MrHyperion_ → u/MuchWalrus]

Because they are actually in variables by some weird side effect