Ask Slashdot: Making JavaScript Tolerable For a Dyed-in-the-Wool C/C++/Java Guy?

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 7, 2012 @01:10PM from the it's-an-acquired-taste dept.

DocDyson writes "I'm a dyed-in-the-wool C/C++/Java developer with over 20 years of experience. I'm making a good living and having fun doing back-end Java work right now, but I strongly believe in being a generalist, so I'm finally trying to learn the HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript future of the Web. However, I find JavaScript's weak typing and dynamic nature difficult to adapt to because I'm so used to strongly-typed, compiled languages with lots of compile-time error-checking and help from the IDE. Does anyone out there who has made this transition have any tips in terms of the best tools and libraries to use to make JavaScript more palatable to us old-school developers?"

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Re:Drink by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-07 13:25 · Score: 0, Offtopic

My preference is vodka and lime...
Lime cancels out the harshness of the vodka, vodka cancels out the sourness of the lime, and the alcohol dulls the soul crushing pain of javascript.
Use good stuff for the first glass or two (grey goose is my preference).. then use the shitty stuff for the rest of the evening if you are cheap (polar ice is great for this!).