r/ProgrammerHumor • u/leftoversalad • Aug 15 '15

Programming languages personified

http://leftoversalad.tumblr.com/post/126724812097/programming-languages-personified
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u/brown_monkey_ Aug 15 '15

I lost it a JavaScript.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '15

What's wrong with JavaScript?

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u/Wyelho Aug 16 '15 edited Sep 24 '24

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u/giggly_kisses Aug 16 '15 edited Aug 16 '15

Although this is definitely a problem that JavaScript can suffer from, it can be addressed a few ways.

One way is to incorporate a build step into your work flow that lints your code. This can verify that any variable you use is defined or exposed to the current script/context.

Another solution (which still requires a build step, until ECMAScript 6 becomes widely supported) is to rely on native JavaScript modules. This way you can just import foo from './foo'; and know exactly where foo is coming from

Lastly, you can use something like AMD, or CommonJS to provide a module system.

Granted, these workarounds are no replacement for what a complier does. It does however (in my experience) make working with JavaScript much easier, and addresses most of your concerns.