> Clojurescript.... Personally, I don’t like it on a matter of principle: I don’t like things that compile to JavaScript. It doesn’t seem like anything you really need to write better code.
Maybe I don't understand what the alternative is when you want to write client side code for the browser - js?? I use Clojurescript and find clear benefits.
By way of example I often found the general setTimeout functionality to be a nightmare for scheduling delays. Most of the time it works, but periodically I find it blocks or fails (via a dependancy chain) and then have to spend time arranging code abnormally to mitigate. In clojurescipt I use core async.
Never looked back. Never had a delay problem - Ever.
cljs core.async and many other features have made it so much more enjoyable to write client side code. Don't even get me started on callbacks.
> Oh, and one last thing. I feel it’s obligatory at this point for me to say, please don’t spend too much time researching Scheme dialects. Just pick Racket and start coding
I've had the opposite experience so thanks, but no thanks.
This dates back about 5 years ago, but I found Racket's libraries were rough. Often they amounted to prototype work that never got fleshed out, they were ill maintained, low in quality, and many just wouldn't load. And these were general purpose libraries; like even just basic database stuff.
Maybe I don't understand what the alternative is when you want to write client side code for the browser - js?? I use Clojurescript and find clear benefits.
By way of example I often found the general setTimeout functionality to be a nightmare for scheduling delays. Most of the time it works, but periodically I find it blocks or fails (via a dependancy chain) and then have to spend time arranging code abnormally to mitigate. In clojurescipt I use core async.
Never looked back. Never had a delay problem - Ever.cljs core.async and many other features have made it so much more enjoyable to write client side code. Don't even get me started on callbacks.
> Oh, and one last thing. I feel it’s obligatory at this point for me to say, please don’t spend too much time researching Scheme dialects. Just pick Racket and start coding
I've had the opposite experience so thanks, but no thanks.