[OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

[cl at isbd.net]

Grant Edwards <invalid at invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2016-03-24, cl at isbd.net <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > I use Python wherever I can and find this list (as a usenet group
> > via gmane) an invaluable help at times.
> >
> > Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone
> > recommend a place similar to this list where Javascript questions
> > can be asked?
> 
> Are you asking about
> 
>  1) Javascript itself (the language)?
> 
Probably mostly this.

>  2) jQuery or some other client-side framework?
> 
A little of this, but not much.


>  3) The DOM model and API provided by various web browsers?
> 
Not this.


> In most forums 99% of the threads are about 2 and 3.
> 
> > The trouble is that there are very many usenet Javascript lists and
> > it's difficult to guess which one[es] might be good.
> 
> That's a tough one.  I dabble in Javascript in order to support the
> Web UI's on some of the embedded products I work on, and I've yet to
> find a high quality forum for Javascript questions.  Javascript
> programing seems to be dominated by cargo-cult programmers with little
> understanding of the language.  They just sort of cut-n-paste code
> snippets they find online and then hope.  It's not quite as bad as PHP
> in that regard, but that's not saying mutch.  [IMO, the design of the
> Javascript language itself is _far_ better than the "design" of the
> PHP language, and that the results of cargo-cult programming in
> Javascript usually turn out better than they do in PHP.]
> 
Yes, it seems that the 'right way' in Javascript is often almost the
opposite of the 'right way' in other langueages.  Optimise at the
expense of readability seems to be the main aim.


> If you do find anything like c.l.p for Javascript, let us know...
> 
OK!  :-)

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Chris Green
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