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What I want in JavaScript I want to do away with the "Script" of JavaScript and make into something a Java or .NET developer would be proud of. Give me a "real" API to work with. Oh yeah, and I want it to work the same on all browser (OK maybe I ask too much..)
Bill Rushmore
I don't get it. What's in a name? Wheather it's JavaScript or Visual Basic? I think what matters is what kind of real world problem the software you developed solves?
Anon
Use JScript.Net to get access to real API.
WildTiger
Yes - But that requires the client to have .NET framework
Gary van der Merwe
True, but this works for Microsoft because they are able to boil the ocean.
Ged Byrne
Javascript + XPCOM is all you could ever want in a thin client development environment, but then you could add python to the same environment and you might think you had all the complexity and simplicity of implementation that you could ever want.
Simon Lucy
Anon,
Bill Rushmore
Bill,
Anon
JavaScript is often richer than people think. Just read this paper on JavaScript object-oriented features if you didn't know about it:
Eric V.
What's wrong with JavaScript is not that it's a programming language (it's actually a very powerful, prototype-oriented language, like Self or the new Prothon), but that the surrounding tool infrastructure (IDEs/debuggers/libraries) are so weak.
Chris Ryland
If you are using Mozilla/Firebird or a derivative, look into the jars and see how much the app is written in javascript. Yes the connection to XPCOM (cross platform COM) gives javascript a lot more than the browser object model to work with but it's a god example of what is being dome with javascript.
fool for python
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