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The surprising reason JavaScript is the best language for beginners

For many reasons, including those I’ve already covered, JavaScript is a very popular programming language. In fact, according ...

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

“Bill Gates was bitching about us changing JS all the time,” Eich later recalled of the fall of 1996. Microsoft created its ...

JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Thirty years ago, Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduced JavaScript as a new, cross-platform scripting language for ...
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JavaScript rated best programming language for job seekers

JavaScript is among the most powerful and flexible programming languages of the web alongside HTML and CSS, it can used in both the front end and back end to add dynamic functionalities to websites.

This 30-Year-Old Code Keeps the Internet Running

JavaScript turns 30–and looks back on an astonishing history. What began as a hastily built prototype now dominates almost ...
Nature

Which programming language should I use? A guide for early-career researchers

Each year, the code-sharing platform GitHub releases its ‘State of the Octoverse’ report, which among other things ranks the popularity of programming languages. The latest report, released in October ...
InfoWorld

JavaScript innovation and the culture of programming

JavaScript tools and frameworks thrive and evolve in an ecosystem that is equal parts competitive and collaborative. This month, we showcase some of the best examples of technology innovation in ...
InfoWorld

Functional programming with JavaScript arrays

JavaScript’s arrays can hold heterogeneous types, change size on the fly, and readily insert or remove elements. Traditional methods like slice, splice, and push/pop do this by operating on the array ...