• @[email protected]
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      1011 months ago

      Because in reality you’re not doing stupid stuff like that in the image. And using Typescript definitely helps.

      However I’m always annoyed that the month parameter when constructing a date object is 0 based. So 1st of Jan is

      new Date(2024, 0, 1)
      
      • @JaddedFauceet
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        111 months ago

        Looks confusing at first, but I found it nice for accessing a month array.

        const months = ["Jan", "Feb", ...];
        
        months[0] === "Jan";
        
        const label = months[date.getMonth()];
        
      • @ByteJunk
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        311 months ago

        Yep. It’s the only reason I’m still somewhat sane.

        • @fidodo
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          211 months ago

          I got by without it for years, but not that I have it I have no idea how I did it back then.

    • darcy
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      711 months ago

      almost forced to for web front end. why you would use it anywhere else, however, i will never know

      • Turun
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        411 months ago

        The same reason people drive their car to buy groceries.

        You bought it for something where it was the only option, driving 30km to work everyday. But ever since you got it, the trip to the super market is kinda too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter and what if you spontaneously need to buy more than expected?

        People learn it for front end dev, and then they use what they know for back end too.

      • @fidodo
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        411 months ago

        And typescript is basically just a linter on steroids

    • @FrostKing
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      11 months ago

      Ikr? English is hard /s