# The Javascript Problem

URL: /show/coder-radio/18/
> Mike and Chris take a walk down a dangerous and controversial road — the state of Javascript in modern web development. Plus a frank look at TypeScript, blaming developers, your emails, and much more.

- Show: [Coder Radio](/show/coder-radio/)
- Episode: 18
- Date: 2012-10-08
- Hosts: chris, michael
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/kFPPQGsIdsQ





### Episode Links

#### Feedback

  * Jay wants to know how the Android update cycle and the device manufacturers’ different versions of Android affect developers.
  * [Carlo’s email](http://slexy.org/view/s21yBHDnQ6/index.html)
  * Isak asks what we think about Typescript
  * Charles writes in with some more info on Haskell
  * Matt shares an interesting [article about Adobe](http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/general/has-adobe-gotten-its-mojo-back/index.html)
  * Matt (diff Matt?) is working on an iOS app that will have a server backend component and is wondering how to make a profit on the app — given the hosting costs over time.

#### This Week’s Dev World Hoopla

  * [NCEES licensing exam for Software Engineers](http://ncees.org/Exams/PE_exam.php/index.html)
  * Windows Phone 8 SDK oddness
  * [TypeScript / The Javascript Problem](http://blog.mdominick.com/indexd7c7.html?p=287\\%22)

#### The Language Itself

  * No classical inheritance.
  * Too loose

#### Developers

  * Too stupid / lazy??
  * Too sloppy??

#### Tool of the Week

  * [Typescript](http://www.typescriptlang.org/index.html)

#### Book of the Week

  * [Basic Category Theory](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0262660717/index.html)