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Chris Maunder wrote: Is anyone learning JavaScript at a school or college?
Sorry... we have to rephrase that as per the PM to make it 'inclusive'.
What had heretofore been known as JavaScript will now be called BeverageScript.
Office of the PM
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BeverageKind is, I think, the accepted term.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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In my experience people don't learn JavaScript.
They copy-paste random code until it magically starts working, then refactor everything into a gazillion functions and plaster unit-tests all over it. Once they realize they've written too much code and have too many dependencies, they call it a framework.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Your question almost seems to assume that those writing JS are "learning it at school or college".
My impression is there is a lot of blind use of "other" code, that is misunderstood, then f*rked, patched, etc.
Exactly what is going on in every new crypto-currency.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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Last time I heard MIT switch to JavaScript from Java. Most school teach web (authoring) and some minimal JS. When I was in school, the only teachable languages available are C, Pascal and FORTRAN.
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Reason #26, and still, the page that shows the article fails to render properly on IE11.
I'm seeing the image at the top, lots of blank space, then the comments at the very bottom of the page.
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JavaScript is such a mess that in the past few months while writing some code that should have been simple, loading configuration before starting listening for user requests, I caught myself thinking that what I was doing would have been trivial if I was writing it in C. Add a decent HTTP library or *cgi server and the rest of it wouldn't have been too difficult either.
I'm pretty convinced that no one who says anything good about JavaScript has ever even tried to read the ECMAScript specification.
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Used this book Pure Javascript[^] ... 1616 pages with supplemental CD! Did I learn much? That's up for debate but still use the book as a reference. And it wasn't that cheap back then.
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Am I doing this wrong?
throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Only if you skip the bacon.
-- rants are the vehicle of the lazy and uninspired - JSOP 2/2018
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Well done or nothing!
/ravi
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Cooking at home with meat you grind yourself no, at a restaurant yes.
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Yes. Medium-well done, a slice of mild Cheddar on top, layers of thinly-sliced onion, and a bit of mustard with dill, all on a whole wheat or multigrain bun covered in sesame seeds. :Drool:
Software Zen: delete this;
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What - no second patty (all beef of course), special sauce, lettuce, or pickles?
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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DRHuff wrote: special sauce, lettuce, or pickles I think you meant, "Special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. It's a good time, for the great taste of McDonald's today!" Loved that jingle! Reminds me of simpler times...
/ravi
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Yes but he had already included the cheese, onions and sesame seed bun - I was just filling in the missing parts.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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What I described is as different from the Big Mac™ as Jupiter is to Pluto.
Software Zen: delete this;
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You are absolutely correct - you don't make a billion dollars a year selling what you described!
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Anyone who's ever tasted that sorry excuse for beer realizes that the ! at the beginning is Boolean.
Ravings en masse^ |
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Hey, Coors Light, mixed half'n'half with Coke is pretty good.
The bartenders hate what it does to the glasses, though.
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