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Just wait until you accidently have something unindented that wasn't supposed to be. Those are fun bugs to troubleshoot
FTFY.
That will cause a compilation error 99.999% of the time and point you to the exact location where the problem is.
Back when I regularly used Java for Minecraft mods n shit id get shit like
Then I'd go to line 68 in the editor and it and the 5 on either side of it are allllllll blank. Wonderfully helpful!
Well there's your problem, they're blank when they should be ;
Well, which of these lines causes a compilation error?
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The last one. It's not a semicolon but a Greek question mark...edit: fuck that formatting
Wouldn't IDE ensure these things are looked after?
Yes, but people feel threatened by good programming languages instead of just learning them.
There aren't good languages and bad languages, there are better tools for a particular job and worse.
Javascript is widely regarded as a bad programming language even though for many use cases it is the best tool for the job.