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I guess it’s not that bad

Written by Ben on October 11, 2006 |

Over the years, I had developed an absolute hatred in my heart when it came to Javascript and DOM programming. No one big specific reason, just all the little annoyances: browser incompatibilities, debugging sucked (was tedious), never found any javascript library helpful or easy to use (this includes prototype, MochiKit, and Dojo), etc. Let’s just say that I would have rather gotten teeth pulled using rusty pliers.

But I’ve come to rethink my position… I can now stand, even enjoy, Javascript programming. Wow, what could have possibly happened to me (a once huge Javascript hater) to actually like it now? I give you the three reasons why:

I started to work the Javascript language as it were actually Scheme (or similar functional language), closures and all.
I found the Firebug debugging plugin for Firefox. I will never have to use an alert() call ever again :).
And the biggest reason why I changed my mind: I found jQuery. This libary removed all the little pains I listed above, and released me in a way that I could focus on doing #1 above.

Take those three, and mix it up with with a Django powered backend… I am thoroughly confident that Javascript does not suck.

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