Of course. Javascript in web development is used in places where precursing technologies were way better fit.
HTML is arguably better than JS at displaying content. Browsers are more efficient just displaying styled hypertext compared to executing a heavy framework to render a virtual document.
Backend-wise javascript can have some serious disadvantages compared to other languages, such as weak types, automatic garbage collection, etc... Most of these things can be worked around, but all those workarounds add complexity (which I'd argue is the single most important problem in software development).
Javascript is a very mighty language, but it may not be the best tool for every problem it's being used on.
If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
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Of course. Javascript in web development is used in places where precursing technologies were way better fit.
HTML is arguably better than JS at displaying content. Browsers are more efficient just displaying styled hypertext compared to executing a heavy framework to render a virtual document.
Backend-wise javascript can have some serious disadvantages compared to other languages, such as weak types, automatic garbage collection, etc... Most of these things can be worked around, but all those workarounds add complexity (which I'd argue is the single most important problem in software development).
Javascript is a very mighty language, but it may not be the best tool for every problem it's being used on.
If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.