I agree. I think it's important to know Javascript as a language well, but there... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

paulrosenzweig on Aug 26, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vanilla JS, fast, lightweight, cross-platform fram...

I agree. I think it's important to know Javascript as a language well, but there are very few cases when you'd be using Javascript without some abstraction from the DOM.

mistercow on Aug 26, 2012 [–]

And in point of fact, neither of those examples are actually about JS, the language. They're about the DOM.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact