tanteDec 20, 2022

Javascript feels very unfriendly to "start with".

Like I want a best practice guide for modern JS and basically everyone tells you "Yeah I use Flerp but that's outdated, you should use Shlorp" and the Shlorp docs tell you you need "Peteng" and "Gropsh" set up before starting.

It's super hard to see best practice that's not "you are a startup with limitless funding, here do microservices in Kubernetes with this Meta Framework.

Show threadClaudius (legacy account)Dec 24, 2022
@tante I often get asked, why I don't teach React or some framework like it. And it boils down to "frameworks are (very) temporary, but JavaScript is likely still around in 10 years. And it helps you get into any future framework, too.
Show threadMollyDec 24, 2022
@claudius @tante Do you actually teach JavaScript or do you teach TypeScript? It‘s an additional layer, but you get typing, which at least in my opinion is very important especially for beginners…
Show threadClaudius (legacy account)

@DerMolly @tante I teach JavaScript, that's why I wrote JavaScript.

I do know about and even use TypeScript myself, but the additional layer currently does not yield any benefit for the use case I am teaching.

Dec 24, 2022 at 11:56amWeb