Just figured out some basic d3.js for the first time using some GIS-derived data. Awesome stuff. Really exceptionally beautiful figures. Definitely using this for current work and more so for future work if I get the opportunity.
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So many beautiful libraries and being able to just add the CSS and HTML. I'm kind of sick in the head literally though. But I'm so into it these last few days.
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I even found a bug in some public code. So I'm a bit excited.
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Also I love how pandas prints to both latex tables and javascript objects.
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Are you okay? This tweet is frightening. Don't let it glamour you!
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No, experience taught me to avoid it. What I'm scared of are important things built with JS by people who think it's a good language. Nowadays, some folks even think it's a good idea to build server software with it. _That's_ scary. The language itself is just what it is.
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For gimmicks, every-day life assistance apps and such, the JS ecosystem is a decent tool (because there's a lib for everything, and every "client" already has a browser). If you can bear working with it. I can't. I'm learning
@elmlang these days.
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JavaScript wild and edgy =0 see also awk ? (do you know awk ?!) ... i move some scripts from .js to awk "for fun" aparently i hear awk is good for 'Prototyping in awk and then rewriting in C for performance'
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