As a language, JavaScript receives more than its fair share of criticism. Its default global variables, prototypical inheritance, and dynamic typing are often considered flaws that can lead to sloppy ...

A few days ago I wrote a post about what programming language you should learn first for a career in programming. This sparked a lot of conversation (much of it on Google+ submitted without reading ...

JavaScript is the most-used programming language, according to JetBrains’ State of Developer Ecosystem Report 2024. But the languages with the most promising growth prospects are TypeScript, Rust, and ...

As another sign that JavaScript is taking over the world, the Gnome team seem to have decided that it is to be the default language for developing user facing applications. It sort of makes sense.

A tour of a 25-line DOM differ, a 46-byte Forth, and a 436-byte Lisp argues that miniature code proves real facts about how small a program can get, while small languages trade expressiveness for ...

It's *not* a great functional language. Yes, it has first-class functions and lambdas, so what? So does pretty much every language these days, and JavaScript's syntax sucks. function(x) { return x; } ...

Earn these JavaScript certs to demonstrate mastery of the most in-demand skills for the world’s most-used programming language. JavaScript is one of the most in-demand programming languages for web ...

KIRKLAND, Wash., Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainguard, the trusted foundation for software development and deployment, today announced Chainguard Libraries for JavaScript, a collection of trusted ...