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HTML5 vs native: Harry Coder and the mudblood mobile app princes

Jabberwocky906

Never understood why devvies are so enthusiastic about JavaScript. It just happens to be the only option to develop inside a web browser, but that doesn't make it "good". Astounded to hear its being used for back end development on nodeJs or is considered a suitable tool for complex applicaiton development. Java - yes; JavaScript - surely kidding me. I suspect this is being driven from the recommendations of devvies who have done JavaScript in the browser early in their career and so respond enthusiastically to the idea they can use it elsewhere. A kid with a hammer thinks everything is a nail.

I dream of the day when browsers support scripting engines not just one scripting engine. But then we are back to plugins... Perhaps Google Native Client is what I'm waiting for.

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