Comments on: The most important programming language today

By: Meteor is going to be big

Meteor is going to be big — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 01:52:46 +0000

[…] than four years ago, I called JavaScript the most important language today. I stand by that – admittedly somewhat sensationalistic – assessment. JavaScript […]

By: Bakibilla

Bakibilla — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:16:12 +0000

I would to learn Java so i want to know how market demand on java now a days

By: Toni Lovergood

Toni Lovergood — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:10:24 +0000

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By: Sylwester

Sylwester — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:32:11 +0000

I developed server side javascipt in the 90s that were run on iPlanet application server so the idea is not new.

Today a language usually imply a runtime. JavaScript has a VM. Java has its own VM. Python might start using Parrot together with Perl6, but somewhere down the line we should split up language (as a way of explaining the idea you want to achieve) with the runtim (native, parrot, .net VM, java VM, …)…

Think how great it would be if I could use a .net library and some java classes to create a python script that does something without having to port anything and if i find it too slow I can compile it to run nativly on my ARM cellphone.

By: Nico

Nico — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:02:57 +0000

Why not use Java applets on the client side? There are a few interesting examples where this works wonderful, e.g.
the ‘go’ server of the popular game,
http://www.gokgs.com/applet.jsp
or an interesting thing is an online design tool (these are usually done in flash) http://designer.weebmeister.com/en/example-ultima-edition
both really uniquely extend the web-experience of the user and have a well-tested, typed oo-language below.
hmm, it’s similar to playing a video, it was done as swf since thats a reliable way of playing them before the html5 specification came and it’s still widely used.
If you look at the js team of the opera browser, it’s interesting that they’ve implemented a js to native conversion in order speed up execution time in the browser engine, same thing as the java hotspot virtual machine uses…
regards nico

By: CdnGuy

CdnGuy — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:57:39 +0000

The most important programming language is English (or whatever the native tongue is where you are). So many projects have been derailed by people not understanding the syntax of this ubiquitous language in which programmers and other stakeholders should be proficient. How many times have you heard something like, “I know that’s what the requirements said, but that’s not what I meant. Fix it.”?
I heard it one time too many, and now I no longer do programming for anyone but myself.

By: Unobtrusive JavaScript in Rails 3 – Simone Carletti's Blog

Unobtrusive JavaScript in Rails 3 – Simone Carletti's Blog — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:40:42 +0000

[…] Rails 3 forces developers to have a deeper JavaScript knowledge than in the past. Don’t underestimate the importance of this task, it’s an excellent chance to learn something more about the today most important programming language. […]

By: Fill

Fill — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:46:56 +0000

I remember years ago when you tried to search for a JS reference, you would often wind up at Netscape’s reference which confusingly defaulted you to the reference for server-side scripting and not client-side.

By: Alan F

Alan F — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:38:28 +0000

You are able to write Linux Desktop applications using JavaScript via Seed and GJs.

You can also create graphical front-ends using a combination of HTML and CSS using JQuery via SeedKit rather than using traditional graphical toolkit API’s. I have created a log viewer as an example and created a wee tutorial. Links are here:

http://alsaf1.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/seedkit-tutorial-sort-of/

http://alsaf1.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/first-seedkit-program-sort-of/

http://live.gnome.org/SeedKit

By: sdt

sdt — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:19:42 +0000

1995 – Brendan Eich reads up on every mistake ever made in designing a programming language, invents a few more, and creates LiveScript. Later, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of Java the language is renamed JavaScript. Later still, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of skin diseases the language is renamed ECMAScript.

🙂

http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html