"By comparison, JavaScript lets you structure your code in however you like, and there is a very tiny standard library and no real uniformity across implementations, frameworks, and so on. This can be a strength, but I think on balance it is a real weakness in JS. node.js has done a lot to improve this, though the language itself still lets you define anything, anywhere, at any time, and change that state from anywhere else."
Not true with ES6 modules.
Besides, Python and Ruby have open modules, and that hasn't hurt their usefulness in the real world. Quite the opposite, actually; one of the great pragmatic strengths of Rails was that it monkey patched Ruby's standard libraries. It's hurt optimization, but that's a different story.
Not true with ES6 modules.
Besides, Python and Ruby have open modules, and that hasn't hurt their usefulness in the real world. Quite the opposite, actually; one of the great pragmatic strengths of Rails was that it monkey patched Ruby's standard libraries. It's hurt optimization, but that's a different story.