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Is it worth to learn javascript for making a little incremental game as a side project ? (jlai.lu)
submitted 2 hours ago by roux2scour@jlai.lu to c/programming@programming.dev
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Hello there !

I want to code a little incremental game just for me and some friends, and i started prototyping this in Go (because i know how to use it) but i was thinking that maybe run it in a browser and then use typescript would be better

I have no experience in making games and in javascript, i mostly code for backend and math stuff (my favorite gui is a terminal), and when i need a real gui i use pure html page edited by backend

So i was wondering what would be easier between learning making game in Go, or learning JS/TS for an incremental game (pictures and numbers and text, maybe little animations), and if javascript is still relevant to learn

Thanks !

(Also im a student, so my knowledge of the professional dev world is quite limited, forgive my approximative wording :b)

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[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 5 points 2 hours ago

turning this into a webapp is a fine choice and if it's intended to run locally without sharing state with other players you can do this completly in browser with javascript no problem.

https://eloquentjavascript.net/ is a good book for learning js, that is freely available online.