I wrote an entire email service (https://port87.com/) in JavaScript (Node.js and SvelteKit). I know some people have strong feelings against JavaScript, but the fact that you can build basically anything in it is pretty nice.
I mean yeah you can do anything with it like most other languages. The problem comes in with the unstable ecosystem JavaScript has.
You simply don’t have longevity with libraries and frameworks. They churn and become deprecated far too quickly for really any stable project that requires a low maintenance burden.
I wrote an entire email service (https://port87.com/) in JavaScript (Node.js and SvelteKit). I know some people have strong feelings against JavaScript, but the fact that you can build basically anything in it is pretty nice.
There is many languages that you can build anything with… Although I’ll agree the front end side is more tedious
As long as you’re not doing number crunching, use whatever makes you more productive.
I mean yeah you can do anything with it like most other languages. The problem comes in with the unstable ecosystem JavaScript has.
You simply don’t have longevity with libraries and frameworks. They churn and become deprecated far too quickly for really any stable project that requires a low maintenance burden.