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Discussion on: Rethinking JavaScript: The complete elimination and eradication of JavaScript's this.

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dharmax profile image
avi

This is the problem with people who use frameworks like react. They don't learn the actual language or proper engineering, and they try to solve non-problems, and write articles about it.

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JavaScript Joel

Absolutely. The true solution is to not program with this at all.

Though we do use 3rd party libraries and a lot of those libraries out there will force us to use this. And anywhere this exists, developers will continue to have problems.

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K

Funny thing is, React is one of the most "unmagical" frameworks out there. Only Cycle and Callbags go a step further.

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avi

It's not (just) about being "magical". Even if you like the concept of react (which I myself so not), why not use preact,for example It's much better engineered. Or Inferno? And if you like an even cleaner conceptcan- Riot? I'll tell you why - FUD and general mediocrity.