Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "Interview with Junior JS Developer" video.

  1.  @lele_l  Certainly tutes can only be an adjunct to the docs, never a replacement for them. What I have in my browser bookmark list is not tutes, but reference docs.
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  2. The libraries can demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of the language. For example, look at Python: quite a compact core language, with a remarkable variety of libraries built on top. Many of them could rightfully be described as full-on DSLs (domain-specific languages), which shows the power of the core language.
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  3. In the last edition of The Mythical Man Month (from 1995), Fred Brooks discussed how the next major advance in programmer productivity would have to come from techniques like “metaprogramming” -- the use of very high-level languages to orchestrate toolkits written in lower-level languages. That is indeed how things are commonly done these days. And one of the most popular of those high-level languages is Python.
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  4.  @kamertonaudiophileplayer847  I’m sure Python is playing a significant part in planning of interplanetary missions. It’s become a staple of scientific-quality data analysis, after all.
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  5.  @kamertonaudiophileplayer847  Now that, there is no such thing.
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  6. The kinds of things I need JavaScript for, a few dozen lines of code directly in a page, without any external libraries or frameworks, does the job just fine. I feel pleased because I figured out how to use “<script type="module">” inserting some code directly in a web page, so that it could be accessed elsewhere on the page, as though imported from a real external module.
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  7. If I want elaborate scalable graphics accurately laid out on a page, I would use SVG.
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  8. Anybody who thinks that, go look up “Structure And Interpretation Of Computer Programs”. It’s an MIT undergrad course. If you manage to pass it, you might learn something about programming languages.
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  9. What’s alt-tab? I have my windows grouped into desktops, and switch between them with CTRL-F1, CTRL-F2 etc.
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  10. It’s all the complications to disguise ads to make it harder for adblockers to recognize them.
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