Comments on: How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/computing/testing/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-in-2016/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Synthetase http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/computing/testing/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-80660 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:00:43 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=16804#comment-80660 As someone who just spent three days fighting with promises trying to control Selenium with JS, I heartily high-five this man.

I like jQuery. :)

]]> By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/computing/testing/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-80650 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:22:58 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=16804#comment-80650 Facebook is (or at least was) notorious for pushing stuff out into production without testing it properly.

What that linked article demonstrates is how “The cool kids must always use the newest shiniest thing” is a pernicious anti-pattern in the software industry.

]]> By: PaulE http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/computing/testing/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-80648 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 11:50:49 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=16804#comment-80648 Not sure I want Facebook to be held up as an example to follow. They regularly break the simple read functionality for non-members.

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