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 People often talk about Linux Desktops in terms of Gnome vs KDE. But there are other options, right? What’s your favorite “third party” DE? 

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 Life tip: Always keep your word, and use version control. Nobody wants to deal with you if you can’t commit 

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 @90431d67 @3d53af3b browser only. It should be specifically built to work in a browser.  We have other languages for working on the server. 
 Let’s start thinking about a new language to replace JavaScript. 

https://mastodon.social/@veroandi/111019908788814752

What do you think that should look like?

Probably needs to have OO to integrate with existing APIs. Perhaps start with stronger typing. Maybe it doesn’t have NULL? Better boolean truthy-ness. Native tenplating like PHP. Rust-y numeric types e.g. u16, Namespaces, native  module syntax.

Imagine working with a language not designed in 10 days. what do you think? Blog posts welcome

#JavaScript #Software