Rust is Eating JavaScript
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There’s already Swift, which isn’t garbage collected, but the ref. counting does the same in practice.
The only problem with Rust and Swift, Kotlin etc. in my opinion is that they keep growing and getting more complex with no signs of stopping.
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JS become rusty
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I usually pick Rust for CLI tools because:
- It's statically compiled and isn't dependent on system binaries and won't break if there if the system has the wrong version like C/C++, allowing you to distribute it as a single binary without any other installation steps
- Still produces fairly small binaries unlike languages like Java or C# (because of the VM)
- Is a modern language with a good build system (It's like night and day compared to CMake)
- And I just like how the language works (errors as values etc.)
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Can I just say how beautiful that page is? Such a delight to read the text on it. The legibility. The simplicity.
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I know that the "project" approach to learning a language works for some people, but I've found l greatly prefer to read a book from beginning to end before undertaking any projects. It helps me start out with a clear picture. I'm finding "Comprehensive Rust" to be fairly good so far. Thanks for all the help, everyone.
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with wasm and friendly new web frameworks, the only thing keeping js alive is inertia
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Fun fact! Lemmy is made in Rust!
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I thought python has kinda exploded lately...
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Because corporations doesn't want web to be open, everyone can javascript, not everyone can read webassembly.
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Is this a 2yo write up, considering the last update was in 2023?
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Eventually?
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The minifiers have long made JavaScript just as indecipherable
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- It's statically compiled and isn't dependent on system binaries and won't break if there if the system has the wrong version like C/C++, allowing you to distribute it as a single binary without any other installation steps
You can do that with C++ too.
- Still produces fairly small binaries unlike languages like Java or C# (because of the VM)
I mean, the jars are actually pretty small; but also I really don't get the storage argument. I mean we live in a world where people happily download a 600 MB discord client.
- Is a modern language with a good build system (It's like night and day compared to CMake)
Meson exists ... as do others.
- And I just like how the language works (errors as values etc.)
Fair enough; though why? What's wrong with exceptions?
I work in a code base where I can't use exceptions because certain customers can't use exceptions, and I regularly wish I could because errors as values is so tedious.
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Can browsers run rust in the front end instead of javascript, or is it limited to transpile time and backend?
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Sort of, browsers can run rust code through webassembly. But i dont think this is a full replacement for JavaScript as of yet.
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You can deminify, decompiling is a bit harder.
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the close tie to Google.
Guess who's one of the rounders of the Rust Foundation...
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Yeah, you need to have some JS to manipulate graphics, so the Rust web frameworks have a JS shim to do that and communicate with the WebAssembly Rust code as necessary. It works surprisingly well tho.
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The BE, yes, the FE is JS.
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I use it at work, and it's finally getting an optimization pass.
I wish I did Rust for work, but options are limited and I like my team. So I use it for hobbies until I have a reason to leave.
