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JavaScript is often ridiculed as the black sheep of programming languages. But JavaScript is becoming increasingly important. See why it remains the most broadly available scripting language for Web development and a better choice for developing modern applications.
JavaScript is often ridiculed as the black sheep of programming languages. Nearly every Web developer has cursed JavaScript at one time or another. Until recently, many developers had all but written off JavaScript as a necessary evil at best or a toy at worst. But JavaScript is becoming increasingly important. See why it remains the most broadly available scripting language for Web development and a better choice for developing modern applications.
Oh, I sure do know the difference. Java is my primary development language, and while I work in a web hosting company I get to develop quite a bit in JavaScript too. And I like both languages even if JavaScript is an implementation mess ;)
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Mocha, LiveScript, JavaScript, or ECMAscript. If it wants respect it needs to settle on a name.
Maybe PuffyScript or PDiddyScript.
It is hard to work with and quirky.
But it is supported across a wide range of browsers, and it does have a published standard. So it is usefull.
But if it wants respect, it needs to pick one name and stay with it