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How Much JavaScript Do You Need To Know For an Entry-Level Job?
Nerval's Lobster writes: JavaScript is a programming language that's easy to pick up, but extremely difficult to master. Even some of its beginner-level functions are decidedly not beginner-friendly. When someone lands their first JavaScript job, they're going to want to know as much as possible, if only so they can navigate through some of the language's trickier aspects without needing to ask for help. Developer Jeff Cogswell picked through JavaScript and came away with a couple of lists of what he thought were the minimum baseline of skills for JavaScript use in a work context. That list included understanding how to use built-in objects, functions , closures, and DOM (Document Object Model). While his points are comprehensive, not everyone will necessarily agree with what he lists (and doesn't list).
Java != JavaScript; not even close, really.
AMEN! The "best" part about Javascript is that if you don't use that stupid HACK:
"use strict";
at the beginning of your .js file it will behave _worse_ then shitty BASIC. Didn't we learn _anything_ about using variable without declaring them??
"Javascript: 10 days for the designer, 10 years of frustrations for users"
* http://www.computer.org/csdl/m...
PHP is another fucking retarded language.
Why the hell does the internet run on 2 of the shittiest languages ever half-assed designed??
> What's dumber is when people defend the dumbness as if it's some kind of a feature or a benefit.
You're talking about automatic-semi-colon insertion aren't ?
Someone needs to be taken out back and shot for all the pain and suffering that bullshit "feature" has caused.