As a web developer, we have our favorite programming languages that we use for our web applications. Mine is JavaScript! In this post I'm going to...
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"JavaScript is faster ... it offers a higher level of abstraction" - faster than what? higher than what?
Are there alternatives? I mean if you are writing a web page can you even avoid Javascript? I'd have thought the only real question is, whether or not to use it server side with Node.js or not.
That said, I admit I belong to that ilk of folk (and we are not few) that dislikes Javascript. It's getting better and ES6 was a shot in the arm that has made it much nicer to use as has the convergence of support across all the browsers. But it remains a fiddly bothersome language for some of us.
Great points, but not exact facts.
JavaScript is currently the only client-side programming language, so it has no competition there.
Nowadays, CSS can also bring interactivity to the web page with transform, animation, hover, etc.
JavaScript is not easy to learn. Unless if you mean understanding the concept, and that's all. Beginners and even pro coders from other languages find JavaScript frustrating sometimes, like I've a friend of mine who codes in python, and doesn't like how JS is structured with brackets. Just like mastering any other language, it may take you several years to master JavaScript plus all its emerging technologies. Talking about technologies, you'll find a huge debate online on which JS technologies to use, which is better, which is more popular, so be on the lookout.
JavaScript is just like any other programming language. It may not be rocket science, but it's not a Cinderella story either.