Please. Every professional developer (including Java focused one) knows enough Javascript to do what they need. Especially with frameworks like JQuery, AngularJS, KnockoutJS etc it all really isn't that hard.
And on large projects which are the domain of Java/.Net developers you often have dedicated Front End developers anyway.
Personally. I'd mean someone who knows and understands how to structure JavaScript apps in a way that makes it easy to maintain, extent and deploy. Someone who understands the tooling and ecosystem that's been built up around JavaScript when it comes to things like modules and packaging, and know when to use what (and more importantly when not to use what).
To people who only know how to write backend javascript, yes.
I think companies underappreciate this.
If your current tech team is focused on (insert any specific language / framework), then why are they going to like and hire anyone with different experience?
Your telling me how you can do it in 3 lines of (new language) makes me feel pretty bad about my 1000 lines of Java.
Nadya, I don't understand the vitriol in your reply. If you think I'm being unreasonable not hiring someone who doesn't understand those basic aspects of the Javascript language, I would be interested in hearing your reasoning. Please share it if you don't mind.
JavaScript more or less limits you to front-end web programming (I know there are exceptions but realistically this is what most JS positions are after). Not great if this person’s internet is eg embedded, machine learning or, in keeping with their experience, large enterprise systems.
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