No popular language may be as maligned as JavaScript. But its migration to the server side opens the possibility it may become all-pervasive In 1995, when Netscape was looking for a new brand for its ...

JavaScript and Java scored high as both most liked and most disliked programming languages in JetBrains’ State of the Developer Ecosystem survey. Perl was far and away the most disliked language.

First of all, JavaScript is not Java. It has nothing to do with Java (The language and its associated technologies from Sun Microsystems). To be honest, I'm not even sure why it's called JavaScript.

Why it matters: JavaScript was officially unveiled in 1995 and now powers the overwhelming majority of the modern web, as well as countless server and desktop projects. The language is one of the core ...