JavaScript Popularity Debate

The point is javascript-only obsession/perspective. Javascript should be fine as well as other languages.

The amount of JS bashing here is so high. Pretty much any popular language fits the given description. Humble yourself and read about why your language of choice sucks: https://wiki.theory.org/index.php/YourLanguageSucks

Why do you think JavaScript is a good language?

What makes JavaScript such a terrible fit compared to the other 100 languages you have in mind?

Why do people love JavaScript and want everything written in it?

Languages all have strengths and weaknesses, I don't see why I would suddenly throw that away and only use JS.

I've thought about this a lot as well and here's my humble opinion.1) Writing frameworks in languages like C++ is hard. So you would expect to see fewer frameworks.2) When a language is popular, like JavaScript, you get a lot of activity. (Notice the lack of new COBOL frameworks on Hacker News).3) JavaScript can be fixed with polyfills, frameworks, monkey-patching, etc. So we fix the language until that fix is part of the language.4) JavaScript is almost perfect for writ

if you accept ecma script ~= Javascript then it has already taken over. pretty much everything connected to web except embeded and even some of those runs javascript. with crossbrowser fixer libs and to lesser extent standards it is closer than anything else to write once run anywhere. more people have access to js dev tools than any other language. js is the new entry drug for new ddevs.

It sounds like you might not like JavaScript. You should know that there are good languages that compile to JavaScript.

I think it's because people want to code in other languages besides javascript