[no_wizard]

All I can say is that’s the cost of doing business with the browser being the main platform.

If devs want to interact with it less then focus on moving more to the server. You can still serve HTML and CSS and get a long way without ever touching JS.

It’s no different than other domains where one or two particular languages largely dominate. Like I don’t hear developers decrying the existence of C/C++ every chance they get

I think the hate is entirely unjustified. It’s fine to have preferences but so often it goes beyond that.

[lolinder]

FWIW, I agree totally, and I don't find JavaScript to be bad at all.

[NooneAtAll3]

> Like I don’t hear developers decrying the existence of C/C++ every chance they get

I guess you haven't encountered the monkey zoo of rust cultists yet

[no_wizard]

I have, but they’re not quite as zealous. The anti JS campaign has been running almost as long as I’ve been using it, which is pushing two decades now.

Now I know why PHP devs sometimes get a little defensive