This was a nice post but it confused me! You said "Nothing has caused me more trouble than types", then you said " types would be a great help". I'm sure I just misunderstood what you meant.
Anyway, I think types are a great help in many cases and wouldn't compromise the dynamic-ness of JavaScript whenever required! On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 at 20:19 Brian Barnes <gga...@charter.net> wrote: > My 2 cents from a pure developer (not js engine implementer.) I've been > developing for decades, started with assembly, to C, to C++ and Java, > and lately have been fascinated with javascript, especially as it's run > anywhere. > > I'm developing both a 3D shooter where every bit of content (maps, > models, bitmaps, sounds) are randomly generated from scratch, and just > started working on a 2D game engine with a game. Doing this because I > enjoy doing it (all open source if anybody cares.) > > I do very rapid development. I code what I need, and when my need > changes, I rework all the code. Some of these engines have gone through > multiple iterations. All class based, BTW. > > Nothing has caused me more trouble than types. Massive changes up and > down a chain of code almost always create very hard to track errors. > Adding things to signatures can be a nightmare because you have to > retrack all that through the code and nothing tells you if you've messed > up one somewhere. It wastes more time than I can count. > > From my personal experience, which might not be universal -- but this > is a real world example, types would be a great help. If only > pre-compile hints, that's still a step forward. If something the engine > can use, that's even better. > > One other benefit -- if I decide to shift my code back to C++ and do web > assembly (waiting for the tools to mature and become more turn-key) this > makes it much easier to translate code, either way. > > [>] Brian > > On 1/16/2018 9:01 AM, Pier Bover wrote: > > > javascript-fatigue is partly the realization from naive newcomers > > that you almost always end up with spaghetti-code after integration, no > > matter how hard you fight it > > > > And don't you think the lack of OST is in part fueling this situation? > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > es-discuss@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >
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