Tom Goldenberg nice article pointing out why JavaScript deserves respect. JavaScript the most widely used computing language.
However, JavaScript still doesn’t command the same respect that other languages do. JavaScript is increasingly being used in aspects of software development other than stylistic effects — for example, backend tasks, web servers, and data processing. JavaScript “is the result of evolution, not design…”
Author analyses growing ecosystem, job opportunities for JavaScript engineers in US and also considers criticisms of JavaScript. JavaScript has come a long way in the past 5 years. In the last 2 years, the technology for sending JavaScript code to the browser has improved dramatically (see: webpack).
Although JavaScript may have started as the language of the browser, it is becoming more ubiquitous in all aspects of computer science — the web, mobile, IoT, and back-end services… Good reading.
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