A while ago, I wrote up a few examples of functional and reactive (actor-based) techniques using JavaScript. Perhaps they will add something to this discussion.
http://www.dalnefre.com/wp/2017/01/same-fringe-revisited/ On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > Great info, thanks. > > A few constraints: > - I've finally gotten back to Write & Run JavaScript, no transpiling. > - My workflow also is simplified: only npm scripts possibly using a node > script. > - I run a local hot-loading node http server so Write & Run is automatic. > All managed by a npm script. > > Why? The JS world went nuts for several years with transpiling, babel (for > es6/future JS features), task managers, linters etc. It was arguably > necessary for the times. I used CoffeeScript for a while mainly for safety > and pythonic syntax. But my peers said "Oh, great, *another* thing to > learn"! And they didn't. :) > > Things are now hugely better, with editors that are very IDE-ish and > eslint built in, and the language is finally getting functional features > like map, reduce, and so on. The for loop? It's dead Jim. Yay. > > So there is a return to sanity and a healing from JS "fatigue". Simple JS, > no task managers, and simple commands for minifying, linting, conversion to > node modules, and so on. Write & Run w/ chores as scripts. > > Within that world, currently, is a very strong movement toward FP. Hence > the article starting this conversation. And my hope for incrementally > converting to FP. > > -- Owen > > PS: My work is not very webby. Mainly a NetLogo lookalike for JS. No > install, just start up a page. I render using webgl which oddly enough has > a fairly nice language for the GPU, and Three.js eases much of the > verbosity of the CPU side. > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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