[g4143]

So the TIOBE Index called JavaScript the language of the year 2014. I find it a little hard to believe they chose JavaScript, especially since they had to change their algorithms this year to accommodate JavaScript searches. I guess they don't take into account the mess that is JavaScript.

What do you think? Should a mess of a language like JavaScript be considered for such a award?

[Corios]

Javascript is one of the few languages that can be integrated easily to assist in almost anything, so it doesn't surprise me that it was chosen, even though I disagree heavily. I trust TIOBE for their language usage charts, that's about it lol.

[Niely]

JavaScript is a real general, easy, lightweight, language.
It indeed is a good programming language, especially if you want to learn the basics of programming (For loops, if/else,...).

But I think it's a too easy choice. They could be a bit more original and look further to use a more less-known language instead of the most used one on the web.

[Dalai.Lama]

I took my firs Javascript lesson yesterday. Looks very simple for now, how deep can one go with the language? Is it a lot or just a simple basic web language?

[Niely]

I took my firs Javascript lesson yesterday. Looks very simple for now, how deep can one go with the language? Is it a lot or just a simple basic web language?

Depends on what you call 'deep'. :)
I won't call it a basic language, you can do a lot with it.

I don't see anything missing in it when it comes to websites/web-applications (client-side). :)

[Dalai.Lama]

Depends on what you call 'deep'. :)
I won't call it a basic language, you can do a lot with it.

I don't see anything missing in it when it comes to websites/web-applications (client-side). :)

That's all I am aiming for the moment. Sounds good enough. 👍

[Zbogus]

I see why JavaScript could easily be the language of the year. It allows websites to be extremely dynamic and beautiful with backbone.js, angular.is, and ember.js. It also can be used for servers using node.js. There are a ton of jobs available using the language.

[g4143]

I see why JavaScript could easily be the language of the year. It allows websites to be extremely dynamic and beautiful with backbone.js, angular.is, and ember.js. It also can be used for servers using node.js. There are a ton of jobs available using the language.

Its also an old and archaic and should have went the way of Perl. Browser adoption by 'first dibs' is its only feature.

[~Dec]

Can I chime in? I get paid a salary to write pure JavaScript every day. I'm a professional JavaScript developer. In fact I'm writing this from my office right now. I don't bash other languages, I started out with Borland Delphi Pascal 4, worked as a certified freelance PHP developer, gave Ruby the good ol' college try and liked it very much, I worked as a professional C# and .NET developer, studied artificial intelligence using Java in university and taught myself many other "languages" (esoteric and not).

I honestly think JavaScript has deserved this acclaim. Sure, it's a weird language, and it has it's infamous "bad parts", but can't you argue the same of any language? PHP is like coding with spaghetti (it has improved since I last used it and I admit it does have it's strong points - but compared to everything else I've used it's still like using spaghetti to me), Ruby is terse and artsy but slow compared to a lot of other available tools, the Microsoft stack has (well, had) those crazy licensing fees... there's a tradeoff with any tool you pick. So bludgeoning JavaScript and singling it out like that is a little closed-minded. After all, JavaScript, which is what we use with Node.js, has been improved on so much just in the last year that pretty much all the reasons people used to hate it are null and void. Thanks to Node it has more available open source packages than any other ecosystem and almost every major tech company in the world has adopted it in some way or another to handle small, medium, large and even huge tasks.

Also, it is probably one of the most versatile languages on the market because of it's recent developments. You wouldn't believe some of the projects I've worked on. From websites to HTTP servers, to TCP servers and cloud containers, entire full-blown operational systems like a health grading management system for a national company that is the authoritative body on all consumable goods (I even just recently created an entire hotel customer management system using node, as well as a loyalty reward aggregation system), hybrid mobile apps, desktop apps, 2D and 3D games and even programming this little guy and teaching him how to play soccer (albeit, awkwardly... :P)!

[bbbysmth]

I find JavaScript a perfect fit for web development. Its a messy language for a messy, free for all development environment.

[mbennett]

Well I would think json would be the language of the based on the different architectures that are based upon and that are more frequently arising. For example Nodejs allows to make a pure JavaScript backend which is cool but it is better to combine it with something see to make it useful. There is also a ton other architectures making it capable for a MVC type of coding so it can most of the analysis instantly in the frontend. Plus it is just all around can be usually integrated into every apical ion without a hassle.

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I meant JavaScript not json my bad.

[h4xer]

I am pretty sure it deserved this award, i mean come'on since the arrival of canvas, nodejs & angular the number people using javascript have skyrocketed. U can build a full fledged application using javascript ! its that good and fast .

[webdev77]

I won't willingly choose javascript, but it is undoubtedly playing a large part now because it is cross platform compatible and we now have about five distinct platforms that we want things to run smoothly on. Windows. OSX. iOS. Android. Linux. And other lesser systems that I fail to mention.

I have to say that javascript serves it's purpose reasonably well, but I won't use it for desktop software development unless absolutely necessary.

[g4143]

Yeah the argument for JavaScript goes like this...Well if you ignore all the bad parts of JavaScript and are careful about callback hell, then JavaScript is a good language.

If you ignore parts of JavaScript then its a good language is an admittance that JavaScript is a poorly designed and implemented language.