There are some jobs that contain rather simple JavaScript snippets, and I was trying to design a first prototype that simply takes the JS parts and runs them in a transpiler.
In this respect, I found a couple of packages that could be leveraged: - js2py: https://github.com/PiotrDabkowski/Js2Py - mini-racer: https://github.com/bpcreech/PyMiniRacer Yet, both seem to be abandoned packages that might not be suitable for usage in production.
Therefore, I was thinking about parsing and translating Javascript's abstract syntax trees to Python. Whereas a colleague suggested I bring up an LLM pipeline.
How much of an overkill that might be? Has anyone else ever dealt with a JavaScript-to-Python migration and could share heads-ups on strategies or pitfalls to avoid?
If they force an LLM on you, say that you are thrilled to use an LLM, give it a try and arrive at the conclusion that unfortunately LLMs are not up to the task. Bill the hours needed to arrive at that conclusion.
There's no need for software engineers to automate themselves away. Look at lawyers, they know how to bill and protect themselves.