C and Zig have a big advantage for writing maintainable, easy to read unsafe code over unsafe Rust.

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Side Note: Objective-C is such a criminally underrated language. I often see people complaining about the syntax, but it's just syntax. Once you get over it, I find that the language makes the OOP paradigm a joy to work with.

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Swift's string interpolation doesn't catch my eye like, say, Ruby's does: `#{my_var}`. It's very easy to gloss over `\(something_like_this)`. I suspect they were going for a more "elegant" syntax at the cost of pragmatism.

> An Application

" Using props and state, we can put together a small Todo application. This example uses state to track the current list of items as well as the text that the user has entered. Although event handlers appear to be rendered inline, they will be collected and implemented using event delegation. "

[0] https://facebook.github.io/react/

jQuery helps here

For me, jQuery is the bare minimum requirement. I would never attempt to write a large app in pure JS, even with babel. You would definitely run into some of the problems you mentioned.

EDIT: I see now where he mentioned no-framework JS

Also, className instead of class took all of 3 seconds to learn.

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I feel so stuck. I'm 25 and live with my parents. I do not have a CS degree (I have a BA in Economics). A year ago, I quit my full-time job as maintainer of a legacy C++ code base due to mental health issues (manic episodes). Before that, I worked as an iOS developer.

Thanks to therapy, I am now back on my feet mentally, but I'm struggling with the job market. I've been unemployed for an entire year. I've worked on side projects and tried to broaden my skill set by learning Ruby on Rails and JavaScript, but I still get little to no response from employers.

I'm starting to think it's the lack of CS degree combined with employment gap that's holding me back. Basically, I lost the traction I would have had if I hadn't quit. I also worry that my previous job was a fluke; I basically got it for being a huge C++ geek during the interview.

My therapist suggested I do a 10-week coding bootcamp. She claims since I'll likely be "top of my class" I'll get solid employment opportunities and contacts. Is this a good idea?

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I am writing an web application in Elixir/Phoenix. It is an app with many categories that does not fit the single-page application model.

That being said, I want it to look and feel like a modern web application by 2017's standards. Ideally, I could use a lean JavaScript framework for interactive UI elements, validation, assorted bells and whistles, etc.

Everything I've come across seems like absolute overkill for my needs. It's also hard to find a framework that isn't tightly coupled with the SPA label. I do not want to work around an SPA framework, nor do I wish to force my app to be an SPA.

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[0] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781680502268.do