Comments on: GWT And Now Script#: The Agony of a Thousand Puppies http://glazkov.com/2006/05/23/agony-of-thousand-puppies/ Web and About Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrew Golik http://glazkov.com/2006/05/23/agony-of-thousand-puppies/#comment-90 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:36:17 +0000 http://glazkov.com/blog/agony-of-thousand-puppies/#comment-90 Completely agree, you can’t do a lot with such kinda of frameworks(GWT, script#). People that consider them as cure are without enough understanding of javascript itself. Furthermore, there are lot of benefits of using dynamic typed languages(ruby, php, smalltlalk .etc).
I’m developer that use both dynamic and strong types languges and I have to say that somehow the flow of dynamic languages is much faster. Things are just done in more expressive manner and with less coding.

]]> By: noah http://glazkov.com/2006/05/23/agony-of-thousand-puppies/#comment-14 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:02:58 +0000 http://glazkov.com/blog/agony-of-thousand-puppies/#comment-14 I have to disagree with you on two things:
1) “…Javascript is a fully-featured, widely used, and /beautiful language/…” (emphasis mine)

The reason for this project is precisely because not everybody believes this. By introducing variable types into Javascript (well, not really into JS but into C#) we can limit some of the issues we run into with loosely typed objects. This is only one of many enhancements that C# provides over JS and why C# makes for a “better” coding experience and helps one build less buggy software.

2) …”because I get to experience firsthand what layers of abstraction do to code.”

I have only one response for this: “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” This is the IDE vs Notepad argument… Are there a lot of crappy programmers out there? Sure? Do IDEs make them bad? No! Yes, I learned to code in Notepad. No, I don’t want to do that on a daily basis. The IDE makes my life a whole lot easier.

ASP.NET introduced the great time saver that is ViewState, but “with great power comes great responsibility”. To label abstraction evil instead of labeling teachers who only teach on the top level of abstraction bad is ridiculous.

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