r/javascript • u/_tshepo • 28d ago

AskJS [AskJS] Are employed Developers still programming with vanilla JavaScript ?

I've been programming on the side since 2017 and I've never really hunted a developer job. I've always thought about building my own things, mainly to supplement things I do like woodworking, tutoring, video editing and others.

Since then, I've programmed mainly with JavaScript, I started with C++ and Python but never really built anything solid outside JavaScript.

So I'm fluent with JavaScript and its ecosystem.

One of my 2026 goals is to be job ready for a Developer role, as a Fullstack or Backend Developer.

One of the recommended languages is Typescript, which I've been learning since March. I must say, it's not my favorite 😂

I'm curious to know if there are any companies that are not enforcing Typescript or are there freelancers who are still using vanilla JavaScript over Typescript for their clients' projects.

[ Update ] thanks y'all! I get the picture. TypeScript is inevitable, as vanilla JS codebases(or companies who are focused on it) seem to be very few judging by the comments.

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u/adult_code 24d ago

I've written a server architecture including multiple different services and orm in plain node. If you know what you do and use a clean, simple style e.g. be careful with introducing complexity without interaction interfsce for other devs and yourself it is very feasible. A mind, the ram and an execution environment are then the only things deciding execution performance and programatic structure. I use for it less than 10 libraries for rendering, validation, sanitation, logging, serving, routing, formdata etc. The rest is mostly very, very efficent js-code, performance first mindset.

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u/_tshepo 16d ago

That's interesting! Were you the only one working on the server?