The software industry is constantly evolving. Many languages that were at the forefront a few years ago seem obsolete or have become completely redundant at present.
There is a wide range of options available for developers when it comes to functional, object-oriented and scripting languages but it seems that JavaScript is still the king. Here a proof of it.
As a web developer who deals daily with JS I will try to clarify why I think this language is so successful.
It’s pretty much everywhere
I would venture to say that JavaScript is the digital equivalent of the English language in the sense that it is globally recognized. You see it everywhere; you’re just not aware of it, but there it is. JavaScript is present in every platform imaginable — browsers, mobile and desktop applications, IoT devices, and more!
Fashions move the masses and in the end, if the big companies bet on a technology they get the rest of humanity to follow in their footsteps. I’m sure that if companies like Apple, Google or Facebook opted for Cobol, they would end up getting this old language resurrected from their grave. (I am…
