>We have apps that have well over the mentioned 5k LoC of JS that even our Ruby programmers have no problem cracking open
Why the "even?" What is it about your ruby programmers which means you find it unusual that they can understand your 5k line JS app?
Not trying to be snarky or pedantic, I'm genuinely curious. I see the two languages as being relatively similar, with their common emphasis on closures and functions-as-objects. Obviously the object models are very different...
I work in a big shop. By and large our programmers don't venture outside their specialities (their choice). You could rephrase what I said as "even people who don't know anything about the code and have very limited experience with JS..."
I can see how what I said may have made the wrong impression. I don't think there's anything Ruby-specific that makes people good or bad at JS.
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>We have apps that have well over the mentioned 5k LoC of JS that even our Ruby programmers have no problem cracking open
Why the "even?" What is it about your ruby programmers which means you find it unusual that they can understand your 5k line JS app?
Not trying to be snarky or pedantic, I'm genuinely curious. I see the two languages as being relatively similar, with their common emphasis on closures and functions-as-objects. Obviously the object models are very different...
I work in a big shop. By and large our programmers don't venture outside their specialities (their choice). You could rephrase what I said as "even people who don't know anything about the code and have very limited experience with JS..."
I can see how what I said may have made the wrong impression. I don't think there's anything Ruby-specific that makes people good or bad at JS.