It's Not JavaScript, It's You: Developer Anti-Patterns and Performance
Unpopular Opinion: JavaScript isn’t slow. You are. We’ve all been there. Your app is sluggish, your users are complaining, and your first instinct is to scream into the void, “Dang it, JavaScript! You’re so slow!” Or Python. Or PHP. Or Ruby. Pick your poison. But more often than not, the language itself, especially a mature, highly optimized one like JavaScript (thanks, V8 engine!), isn’t the root cause of your performance woes. It’s usually a combination of developer anti-patterns. ...