Re: Upcoming software switch for solidcommunity.net

+1 from the Muze people. Long live JavaScript.

Op 17/01/2025 om 15:59 schreef Melvin Carvalho:
>
>
> pá 17. 1. 2025 v 15:13 odesílatel Michiel de Jong 
> <michiel@unhosted.org> napsal:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I remember in 2019 starting to work for Inrupt and in my first
>     weeks as an employee, talking about the switch from JavaScript to
>     TypeScript for our main open source Solid server.
>
>     Next week, we will finally be switching https://solidcommunity.net
>     over to TypeScript.
>
>     The technical details of the switch are in the capable hands of
>     our server admin team, in particular Alain Bourgeois.
>
>     The operational stewardship of https://solidcommunity.net lies
>     with the ODI, in particular Jesse Wright.
>
>     You can read the details of the migration in
>     https://github.com/solid/solidcommunity.net/blob/main/NSS2CSS.md
>
>     You can help by testing your account on
>     https://solidcommunity.net:8443
>
>     You can join
>     https://matrix.to/#/#solid_solidcommunity.net:gitter.im
>     <https://matrix.to/#/%23solid_solidcommunity.net:gitter.im> if you
>     are noticing any issues you would like to report.
>
>     Forum post:
>     https://forum.solidproject.org/t/upcoming-software-switch-for-solidcommunity-net/8608
>
>
> Hi Michiel,
>
> As the founder of the Solid community pod and having run it for a 
> quarter of a decade alongside the community (including you!) until I 
> became unwell, I wanted to share some thoughts.
>
> NSS was very much designed with JavaScript at its core, not 
> TypeScript. In my view, TypeScript is an entirely different language. 
> The reason I have always favored, and still favor, JavaScript is its 
> web-native nature and the fact that it doesn't require a transpiler.
>
> I’d love to see a minimalist, blazing-fast JavaScript server that 
> remains true to its web-native roots—one that avoids the need for a 
> compiler, scales effectively, and performs exceptionally well.
>
> Best
>
> Melvin
>
>
>
>     Many thanks,
>     Michiel de Jong
>     Solid CG Co-chair
>
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