The Undisputed King Of Programming Languages…JavaScript!

Welcome Developers! 👋

Hope you all are doing well!

The year 2022 is being anticipated to be one of the most booming years for us programmers. We are expecting to see waves of new technology, stable versions of existing ones, and many under-construction, to surface.

However with the exciting prospect of the unseen future that awaits us…there are also only a handful of technologies that are considered as the crown of a developer.

Today we are going to talk about one of such technologies, the evergreen JavaScript.

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• Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey (2021)

“Once again JavaScript remains undisputed as the most commonly used programming language, completing its ninth year in a row.”

So let’s start by asking the most basic of questions.

• What is JavaScript?

It is an, nearly 3-decades old, object-oriented computer programming language.

A text-based programming language which is used both on the client-side & server-side, while also allowing you to make web pages interactive.

I personally like to address JavaScript as the core of any Web Development Project.

While HTML is the body/exoskeleton; CSS, is the appearance/makeup, JavaScript acts as the motherboard/core that defines the logic behind all the components, a place where it creates & defines elements and their characteristics.

• Why JavaScript?

JavaScript is heavily used in web-based applications and web browsers. But it is also used beyond the Web, like in software, servers and embedded hardware controls.

• Some basic things JavaScript is capable of:

1. Introducing interactive behavior to Web Pages.

2. Creating Web and Mobile Applications with the help of CSS and HTML.

3. Also used in building Web Servers and the development of Server Applications.

4. Last but not the least, Game Development.

So that begs the question…

• Why use JavaScript over other Languages?

1. It is really easy to learn.

2. It has been the most popular language for nearly a decade. (9-yrs streak)

3. It is also the only language native to Web Browser.

4. It is fun to use and very essential for any developer.

5. It has extremely powerful Web-Frameworks, jQuery, React.js, Angular, Vue.js, etc.

JavaScript has a ton of frameworks that provide variety and functionality to the language. 🚀

• Fun-Fact:- The frameworks mentioned above are in the top-5 most used Web-Frameworks of 2021.

Alright guys, this will be it for now. 😏

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