Alright, so today I’m spilling the beans on my recent experiment – raw results and all! It was a bit of a rollercoaster, lemme tell ya.
It all started last week. I was itching to try something new, something outside my comfort zone. I’d been reading up on different coding techniques, and one particular method kept popping up: using a specific framework for a project I usually tackle with a more basic setup. So, I decided, why not give it a shot?
The Setup:
- Project: Building a simple data parser.
- Usual Method: Python with some basic libraries.
- New Method: Trying out Javascript with *
First, I dove headfirst into setting up the environment. I downloaded *. Then I created a folder for my project and initialized it with ‘npm init’. That part was actually smoother than expected. So far so good, right?
Next up was figuring out the core logic. This is where things started to get a bit hairy. I was wrestling with asynchronous stuff in JavaScript. Turns out, my brain is still wired for synchronous operations. I spent a good chunk of time just trying to wrap my head around promises and async/await. Stack Overflow became my best friend. I was copying and pasting code snippets like a madman, trying to piece everything together. It was messy, ugly, but hey, I was learning!
Then came the debugging phase. Oh man, the bugs. I swear, every line of code I wrote spawned at least two new errors. I’m talking typos, wrong variable names, logical fallacies – the whole shebang. At one point, I was so frustrated I almost threw my laptop out the window. I took a deep breath, made myself a coffee, and went back to it.
After what felt like an eternity, I finally got the basic functionality working! It wasn’t pretty, and it definitely wasn’t efficient, but it parsed the data. I did a little dance of joy right then and there.
Raw Results:
What worked:
- I actually built something using Javascript! That’s a win in itself.
- Learned a lot about asynchronous programming.
- Got more comfortable with debugging in Javascript.
What didn’t work so well:
- My code is a mess. It needs a serious refactor.
- Performance is not great. It’s slower than my Python version.
- I spent way more time on it than I should have.
Overall:
It was a tough but rewarding experience. I learned a ton, even if the end result wasn’t perfect. Would I use Javascript for this type of project again? Maybe, but I’d definitely plan it out better next time. And maybe brush up on my Javascript skills a bit more first!
The biggest takeaway? Don’t be afraid to try new things, even if you fail miserably. That’s how you learn and grow. Plus, it makes for a good story!
