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Walker Code Ranger Blog

Personal blog · walkercoderanger.com/blogprogrammingweb

Walker Code Ranger Blog is a personal blog at walkercoderanger.com about programming and web. Since 2014, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 24 times, most often “The JavaScript Minefield”. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.

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24mentions?
17HN people?
2014–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 13 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked for its argument that JavaScript is a minefield, and for its views on CoffeeScript and TypeScript as fixes. Commenters cite it as a source; none praise or criticise it directly.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The JavaScript Minefield
    5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2014-03-22
  2. What I Think CoffeeScript Should Have Been
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-04-23
  3. Why TypeScript Isn't the Answer
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-03-30

What Hacker News says?

  1. ausjke · 2015-10-20
    http://www.walkercoderanger.com/blog/2014/02/typescript-isnt... so this blog is arguing typescript is not that good either. Can we have a typescript-alike tool that integrates the "best parts of javascript" and defaults to 'use strict'? if there is one I'm in.

    Comment linking /blog/2014/02/typescript-isnt-the-answer/

    on “Goodbye CoffeeScript, Hello TypeScript”
  2. jhack · 2014-03-30

    Submitted Why CoffeeScript Isn't the Answer as a story · 136 points

    HN discussion
  3. smegel · 2016-06-06
    http://walkercoderanger.com/blog/2014/02/javascript-minefiel...

    Comment linking /blog/2014/02/javascript-minefield/

    on “I Was Wrong About TypeScript”
  4. WalkerCodeRangr · 2014-03-30

    Submitted Why TypeScript Isn't the Answer as a story · 40 points

    HN discussion
  5. rads · 2014-03-30
    A little further down the same post [1]: Given that a safe path through the JavaScript minefield isn’t enough, it seems like we need a detailed map of the minefield. Many books and blogs have been written to provide that map. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan is one of the most detailed of those books. The JavaScript Garden is a good place to start learning about the mines online. [2] [1] http://www…

    Comment linking /blog/2014/02/javascript-minefield/

    on “Why CoffeeScript Isn't the Answer”
  6. WalkerCodeRangr · 2014-04-17

    Submitted Are JavaScript Linters the Answer? as a story · 16 points

    HN discussion
  7. dmur · 2014-03-30
    He covers that here: http://www.walkercoderanger.com/blog/2014/02/javascript-mine...

    Comment linking /blog/2014/02/javascript-minefield/

    on “Why CoffeeScript Isn't the Answer”
  8. WalkerCodeRangr · 2015-06-20

    Submitted The State of JavaScript Build Tools 2015 as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  9. Jaecen · 2014-11-17
    This looks to be an implementation of the concepts (but not the language) proposed in http://www.walkercoderanger.com/blog/2014/04/what-coffeescri... . Several of the terms used are exactly the same.

    Comment linking /blog/2014/04/what-coffeescript-should-have-been/

    on “Spider Programming Language”
  10. bentoner · 2014-04-17

    Submitted The JavaScript Minefield: A Proposal as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  11. berserker-one · 2016-04-26
    Maybe because JavaScript encourages bad habits? It's a very sloppy and undisciplined language, esp. with its loose typing, crazy coercions and wildly inconsistent semantics. This language has far more "warts" than any other programming language in wide use today. Jeff Walker calls it a "minefield": http://walkercoderanger.com/blog/2014/02/javascript-minefiel...

    Comment linking /blog/2014/02/javascript-minefield

    on “The Lie That Has Beguiled a Generation of Developers”
  12. WalkerCodeRangr · 2014-03-22

    Submitted The JavaScript Minefield as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  13. drostie · 2016-02-08

    Submitted Advice for Open-Source Projects (2015) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. WalkerCodeRangr · 2015-06-24

    Submitted Advice for Open-Source Projects as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. WalkerCodeRangr · 2014-04-23

    Submitted What I Think CoffeeScript Should Have Been as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. nns · 2016-02-08

    Submitted Typescript isnt the answer (2014) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. amalantony06 · 2014-08-27

    Submitted The JavaScript minefield as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. gdi2290 · 2014-03-30

    Submitted Why Dart Isn't the Answer as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. vpj · 2014-03-30

    Submitted Why Dart Isn't the Answer as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. creshal · 2016-03-16

    Submitted The State of JavaScript Build Tools 2015 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. sea6ear · 2015-09-30

    Submitted What I Think CoffeeScript Should Have Been as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. sea6ear · 2015-09-30

    Submitted The JavaScript Minefield as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. WalkerCodeRangr · 2015-09-18

    Submitted CSS is Not Composable as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  24. jashkenas · 2014-04-23

    Submitted What I Think CoffeeScript Should Have Been as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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