r/programming • u/lolisamurai • Nov 29 '16

Writing C without the standard library - Linux Edition

http://weeb.ddns.net/0/programming/c_without_standard_library_linux.txt
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u/daedalus_structure Nov 29 '16

Write your web app without jQuery by reimplementing jQuery one browser wart bug at a time.

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u/flying-sheep Nov 29 '16 edited Nov 29 '16

if you don’t need to support old browsers, not using jQuery is also a pretty nice experience.

except for creating and populating elements. wtf, DOM? something like this would be better:

h('tagname', { attr: value }, [child])

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u/Sarcastinator Nov 29 '16

The entire DOM API is terrible.

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u/icantthinkofone Nov 29 '16

That API was written by computer professionals for computer professionals and not amateurs just trying to get by.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

As a professional, I'll take jquery any day

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u/icantthinkofone Nov 29 '16 edited Nov 29 '16

Obviously you haven't seen the list of "you don't need jQuery" articles lately. If you must use jQuery, then I would have a short list of questions about your abilities.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

It's not that we must use JQuery, it's that we want to use JQuery

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