Summary of Interview with Senior JS Developer

00:00:00 - 00:05:00

The JS developer in this video discusses the various tools and languages they use to build applications. They mention that JavaScript is "the de facto standard" and that there are many libraries and frameworks available for it. They also mention that they have experimented with other languages, but ultimately returned to JavaScript because it is "messier" but "more comfortable."

• 00:00:00 The JS developer discusses the various tools and languages they use to build applications. They mention that JavaScript is "the de facto standard" and that there are many libraries and frameworks available for it. They also mention that they have experimented with other languages, but ultimately returned to JavaScript because it is "messier" but "more comfortable." They mention that they use React and React 16.8, but that React 17 has caused them to rewrite everything again. They mention that they also use Node.js and that Node is "technically multi-threaded." They mention that they use Redux and that "JavaScript is technically performant." They mention that it is "a bit hacky" to use JavaScript, but that it is "free" and "easy to learn."
• 00:05:00 This JS developer loves working with JavaScript, but cautions against its use in production code unless there is a good reason. He also has fond memories of writing code without JavaScript, which he now recommends against.