ClojureScript vs JavaScript vs Python

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ClojureScript

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JavaScript

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Python

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Pros of ClojureScript
Pros of JavaScript
Pros of Python
  • 2
    Functional and stable
  • 1.7K
    Can be used on frontend/backend
  • 1.5K
    It's everywhere
  • 1.2K
    Lots of great frameworks
  • 894
    Fast
  • 742
    Light weight
  • 424
    Flexible
  • 392
    You can't get a device today that doesn't run js
  • 286
    Non-blocking i/o
  • 236
    Ubiquitousness
  • 190
    Expressive
  • 55
    Extended functionality to web pages
  • 49
    Relatively easy language
  • 46
    Executed on the client side
  • 30
    Relatively fast to the end user
  • 25
    Pure Javascript
  • 21
    Functional programming
  • 15
    Async
  • 12
    Setup is easy
  • 12
    Full-stack
  • 12
    Its everywhere
  • 11
    Because I love functions
  • 10
    JavaScript is the New PHP
  • 10
    Like it or not, JS is part of the web standard
  • 9
    Expansive community
  • 9
    Can be used in backend, frontend and DB
  • 9
    Easy
  • 8
    Everyone use it
  • 8
    Easy to hire developers
  • 8
    Future Language of The Web
  • 8
    No need to use PHP
  • 8
    For the good parts
  • 8
    Can be used both as frontend and backend as well
  • 8
    Most Popular Language in the World
  • 7
    Evolution of C
  • 7
    Popularized Class-Less Architecture & Lambdas
  • 7
    Agile, packages simple to use
  • 7
    Supports lambdas and closures
  • 7
    Love-hate relationship
  • 7
    Powerful
  • 7
    Photoshop has 3 JS runtimes built in
  • 6
    Its fun and fast
  • 6
    Can be used on frontend/backend/Mobile/create PRO Ui
  • 6
    Easy to make something
  • 6
    It let's me use Babel & Typescript
  • 6
    Versitile
  • 6
    Client side JS uses the visitors CPU to save Server Res
  • 6
    Hard not to use
  • 6
    Nice
  • 6
    It's fun
  • 6
    1.6K Can be used on frontend/backend
  • 5
    Promise relationship
  • 5
    Clojurescript
  • 5
    Stockholm Syndrome
  • 5
    Function expressions are useful for callbacks
  • 5
    Scope manipulation
  • 5
    Everywhere
  • 5
    Client processing
  • 5
    What to add
  • 4
    Because it is so simple and lightweight
  • 4
    Only Programming language on browser
  • 1
    Tenant
  • 1
    Easy to understand
  • 1.2K
    Great libraries
  • 951
    Readable code
  • 837
    Beautiful code
  • 781
    Rapid development
  • 684
    Large community
  • 428
    Open source
  • 387
    Elegant
  • 279
    Great community
  • 270
    Object oriented
  • 215
    Dynamic typing
  • 76
    Great standard library
  • 57
    Very fast
  • 52
    Functional programming
  • 45
    Easy to learn
  • 44
    Scientific computing
  • 34
    Great documentation
  • 27
    Matlab alternative
  • 26
    Easy to read
  • 26
    Productivity
  • 22
    Simple is better than complex
  • 19
    It's the way I think
  • 18
    Imperative
  • 17
    Free
  • 16
    Very programmer and non-programmer friendly
  • 15
    Powerfull language
  • 15
    Machine learning support
  • 14
    Fast and simple
  • 14
    Powerful
  • 13
    Scripting
  • 10
    Explicit is better than implicit
  • 9
    Clear and easy and powerfull
  • 9
    Unlimited power
  • 9
    Ease of development
  • 8
    Import antigravity
  • 7
    It's lean and fun to code
  • 7
    Print "life is short, use python"
  • 6
    Great for tooling
  • 6
    Fast coding and good for competitions
  • 6
    There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious
  • 6
    Although practicality beats purity
  • 6
    Python has great libraries for data processing
  • 6
    Flat is better than nested
  • 6
    High Documented language
  • 6
    I love snakes
  • 5
    Now is better than never
  • 5
    Readability counts
  • 5
    Rapid Prototyping
  • 4
    Complex is better than complicated
  • 4
    Web scraping
  • 4
    CG industry needs
  • 4
    Great for analytics
  • 4
    Socially engaged community
  • 4
    Lists, tuples, dictionaries
  • 4
    Multiple Inheritence
  • 4
    Beautiful is better than ugly
  • 4
    Plotting
  • 3
    Simple and easy to learn
  • 3
    Generators
  • 3
    Easy to learn and use
  • 3
    Many types of collections
  • 3
    No cruft
  • 3
    List comprehensions
  • 3
    Pip install everything
  • 3
    Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules
  • 3
    If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad id
  • 3
    If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a g
  • 3
    Easy to setup and run smooth
  • 3
    Import this
  • 2
    Shitty
  • 2
    Flexible and easy
  • 2
    It is Very easy , simple and will you be love programmi
  • 2
    Batteries included
  • 2
    Can understand easily who are new to programming
  • 2
    Powerful language for AI
  • 2
    Should START with this but not STICK with This
  • 2
    A-to-Z
  • 2
    Because of Netflix
  • 2
    Only one way to do it
  • 2
    Better outcome
  • 2
    Good for hacking
  • 0
    Powerful

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Cons of ClojureScript
Cons of JavaScript
Cons of Python
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    • 22
      A constant moving target, too much churn
    • 20
      Horribly inconsistent
    • 15
      Javascript is the New PHP
    • 8
      No ability to monitor memory utilitization
    • 7
      Shows Zero output in case of ANY error
    • 6
      Can be ugly
    • 6
      Thinks strange results are better than errors
    • 3
      No GitHub
    • 2
      Slow
    • 51
      Still divided between python 2 and python 3
    • 28
      Performance impact
    • 26
      Poor syntax for anonymous functions
    • 21
      GIL
    • 19
      Package management is a mess
    • 14
      Too imperative-oriented
    • 12
      Hard to understand
    • 12
      Dynamic typing
    • 11
      Very slow
    • 8
      Not everything is expression
    • 7
      Indentations matter a lot
    • 7
      Explicit self parameter in methods
    • 7
      Incredibly slow
    • 6
      Requires C functions for dynamic modules
    • 6
      Poor DSL capabilities
    • 6
      No anonymous functions
    • 5
      Official documentation is unclear.
    • 5
      The "lisp style" whitespaces
    • 5
      Fake object-oriented programming
    • 5
      Hard to obfuscate
    • 5
      Threading
    • 4
      Circular import
    • 4
      The benevolent-dictator-for-life quit
    • 4
      Lack of Syntax Sugar leads to "the pyramid of doom"
    • 4
      Not suitable for autocomplete
    • 2
      Meta classes
    • 1
      Training wheels (forced indentation)

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    What is ClojureScript?

    ClojureScript is a compiler for Clojure that targets JavaScript. It is designed to emit JavaScript code which is compatible with the advanced compilation mode of the Google Closure optimizing compiler.

    What is JavaScript?

    JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.

    What is Python?

    Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.

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    TypeScript
    TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. It's a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript.
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