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yoyomonem

13 points

Following

392

You can't get a device today that doesn't run js

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1163

Lots of great frameworks

746

1668

Can be used on frontend/backend

832

1497

It's everywhere

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425

46

Executed on the client side

49

Relatively easy language

30

Relatively fast to the end user

55

Extended functionality to web pages

25

Pure Javascript

21

Functional programming

11

JavaScript is the New PHP

5

Excellent Documentation

174

More intuitive and type safe javascript

9

Expansive community

12

7

Hard not to use

22

A constant moving target, too much churn

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80

JavaScript superset

8

For the good parts

7

Photoshop has 3 JS runtimes built in

15

13

15

Powerful type system, including generics & JS features

10

Aligned with ES development for compatibility

11

Nice and seamless hybrid of static and dynamic typing

7

Structural, rather than nominal, subtyping

5

5

Closer to standard JavaScript and HTML than others

20

Horribly inconsistent

15

Javascript is the New PHP

9

Everyone use it

7

8

Can be used both as frontend and backend as well

8

Easy to hire developers

11

Compile time errors

5

Starts and ends with JavaScript

12

8

10

Like it or not, JS is part of the web standard

5

7

4

6

Easy to make something

6

Client side JS uses the visitors CPU to save Server Res

8

Shows Zero output in case of ANY error

9

8

Most Popular Language in the World

6

6

It let's me use Babel & Typescript

8

TypeScript support

7

Thinks strange results are better than errors

5

Code may look heavy and confusing

4

7

4

Strong Community

6

Can be used on frontend/backend/Mobile/create PRO Ui

8

No need to use PHP

3

6

1.6K Can be used on frontend/backend

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5

2

Error boundary is needed

2

1

Very good on ActionScript 2

1

Not good on ActionScript 3

1

1

Can be used with React

1

JSX is a con of React