Moment.js is now considered to be a legacy project in maintenance mode - Reasons you might want to keep using it, and recommendations for what to use instead
I thought this was a refreshingly honest statement to put at the top of their docs, especially for a project as prominent as Moment. A sentiment like this is rare to see, especially since a lot of...
I thought this was a refreshingly honest statement to put at the top of their docs, especially for a project as prominent as Moment. A sentiment like this is rare to see, especially since a lot of people seem to judge the "health" of an open-source project based on how active its development is:
I read this one earlier and loved it. It's a great attitude from a project maintainer. Rather than treating things like a competition, they are instead considering Moment.js as a resource. Just...
I read this one earlier and loved it. It's a great attitude from a project maintainer.
Rather than treating things like a competition, they are instead considering Moment.js as a resource. Just something to help others, not to "win". That allows them to give an honest representation of the pros and cons of their library vs others.
Very refreshing attitude, and I'd love to see that more often. It takes a lot of maturity to say "We no longer recommend using this", especially after all the years of work they've poured into it.
request did the same thing last year. They basically decided modern Javascript was quickly making it obsolete and the best thing to do was get out of the way. Still 20 million downloads a week and...
request did the same thing last year. They basically decided modern Javascript was quickly making it obsolete and the best thing to do was get out of the way.
Still 20 million downloads a week and 50k dependents though.
I thought this was a refreshingly honest statement to put at the top of their docs, especially for a project as prominent as Moment. A sentiment like this is rare to see, especially since a lot of people seem to judge the "health" of an open-source project based on how active its development is:
I read this one earlier and loved it. It's a great attitude from a project maintainer.
Rather than treating things like a competition, they are instead considering Moment.js as a resource. Just something to help others, not to "win". That allows them to give an honest representation of the pros and cons of their library vs others.
Very refreshing attitude, and I'd love to see that more often. It takes a lot of maturity to say "We no longer recommend using this", especially after all the years of work they've poured into it.
request did the same thing last year. They basically decided modern Javascript was quickly making it obsolete and the best thing to do was get out of the way.
Still 20 million downloads a week and 50k dependents though.
Thanks for the link. It looks a whole lot like the fetch API. Maybe people are using it for streaming.