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yoyomonem

13 points

Following

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

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1162

Lots of great frameworks

745

1660

Can be used on frontend/backend

830

1499

It's everywhere

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425

46

Executed on the client side

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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

6

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

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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

8

Everyone use it

6

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

7

10

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

5

6

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

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7

4

Strong Community

6

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

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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