Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:48:24 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Simple" Languages in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20160705164824.8d0fa4e5.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20160705162250.0956e9ce@X220.alogt.com> References: <20160630175243.063e07a7@KoggyBSD.org> <20160705162250.0956e9ce@X220.alogt.com>
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:22:50 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > There is also another thing not to forget. If you more orientated > towards the Internet, you can use scripting languages more common > there. This could be Pearl again, it also could be PHP. Allow me a short addition: Today, more and more web development seems to take place in Javascript, either for client-side browser logic, or for server-side stuff (Node.js), usually accompanied by the famous "framework of the week", which is the one that once you've learned it, it will be declared obsolete and not supported anymore. Javascript as a language has many "interesting" things to pay attention to, like == != ===, non-commutative + in regards or array and object, nested calls, no regular integers, and so on, so there is a lot to learn. If you're interested in what I'm talking about, here are two Javascript-related videos by Gary Bernhardt: Wat https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat and: The Birth & Death of JavaScript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript And I'm _not_ saying Javascript is bad... ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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