[backoncemore]

I got my start in programming in the early 2000s with Perl and, shortly after, PHP. I went through school mainly with C++ and Java and got a job as a .NET developer after.

I say all this because I fucking hated JavaScript with a passion. From the time of my initial foray into programming until my later years, I hated it. It was always a joke of a language that, honestly, caused me to develop such a bias that I nearly refused to use it, for a very long time.

Several months ago I decided to put my prejudices aside and began playing around with Nodejs and React. The main motivation was trying to learn more about front end development and guess what? I really enjoy JavaScript.

JavaScript is a very enjoyable language to play with. It has come such a long way despite, literally, all odds. The ecosystem is scattered. The build system is the most hacky monstrosity you’ve ever encountered. But, that’s one of the reasons I love it. It feels like the essence of what I feel when I imagine hacking.

And not only that, it uses a unique (at least to the paradigms I’m used to) execution model that is very performant.

These are just a lot of words for me to say I love JavaScript.

[codethief]

I dunno… I started around the same time as you, also with PHP. I posted this comment[0] the other day where I tried to put into words how much I hate JavaScript and, judging from the reactions I got, it seems the community is pretty split on this one.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29193470

[nirav72]

my background is similar to yours. I still hate JavaScript somewhat. But I can tolerate it a bit more than I could 10 years ago. Possibly because of advancements in development environments and tools.