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Comment on What programming language do you use for work and what's your favorite language? in ~comp
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Comment on What programming language do you think deserves more credit? in ~comp
ddevil Link ParentSince I already have a bunch of JavaScript experience I just brushed up on the new features with the site, http://es6-features.org/#Constants. Learning TypeScript also made it easy to understand...Since I already have a bunch of JavaScript experience I just brushed up on the new features with the site, http://es6-features.org/#Constants. Learning TypeScript also made it easy to understand how the scoping of let works (basically exactly as you would expect block scope to work). https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/variable-declarations.html
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Comment on What programming language do you think deserves more credit? in ~comp
ddevil Link ParentI haven't touched JavaScript in several years and just started learning ES6 and Typescript. The let keyword alone makes a huge difference and being able to have types makes me feel much safer...I haven't touched JavaScript in several years and just started learning ES6 and Typescript. The let keyword alone makes a huge difference and being able to have types makes me feel much safer coming from Java. After using Kotlin for the last few years there are definitely some niceties I miss. I didn't realize how much I loved the syntax for when the last argument is a lambda until now.
With a primarily Java background, I switched to Kotlin a few years ago and it's been amazing. I feel much more productive, it's more enjoyable, I don't have to worry about NPEs. I've been working in a Ruby codebase lately and I'm really missing Kotlin and a statically typed language.