JavaScript compared to other popular programming languages

JavaScript has managed to dominate the programming industry for 8 consecutive years

Trends in the programming industry have changed a lot over the last decade. One of those evolutions was observed in the web development industry. In the early days, web development originally only dealt with the development of web pages and websites for intranet and Internet.

Over time, it has become more focused on creating complex and detailed web, mobile, and desktop applications. 

Since your website gives your customers and other businesses an idea of what your business is about, it has become a matter of utmost importance.

JavaScript in the programming world

It all started with HTML. The purpose was to create a structure for numbers. Its designers revamped it to create site structures, but it was too fragile and difficult to maintain.

When 1993 arrived, the Mosaic web browser was launched as the first browser with GUI access for everyone. Mosaic aided in the growth of the World Wide Web. In 1995, scripting language was added to Navigator. Later, as part of Navigator, JavaScript was released.

In November 1996, JS was introduced to ECMA International. By 2005, Mozilla had joined ECMA International. This was the year JavaScript began to become the backbone for web application development. 

In 2008, Google Chrome was released with the V8 JavaScript engine. Much faster than all web browsers at that time. 

Meanwhile, ECMAScript Edition 1 became ECMAScript 6 between 1995 and 2015.

It needs to know what makes JavaScript so unique, when compared to other languages

Python

• Originally, JS was designed to support HTML pages and Python was designed to support servers from the command line. 

• Flexibility of parameter blocks for methods is provided by Python and not JavaScript.

• Where Python responds to function calls, JavaScript responds to mouse clicks and key presses.

• Python libraries were created for data analysis and processing, and JavaScript libraries for manipulating HTML in web browsers.

Java

• JavaScript is a programming language and Java is a network-focused programming language. 

• Java is strongly typed, whereas JavaScript is weakly typed.

• JavaScript is cross-platform, while Java is not. 

• Before execution on the client, Java must be compiled on the server, while JavaScript is interpreted by the client.

• JavaScript is a dynamic language and Java is a static language. 

• JavaScript aims at creating interactive web pages. 

C

• Where JS is compiled with the just-in-time compiler, C is pre-compiled.

• JavaScript was initially embedded in web pages. Later, it helped develop server applications through Node.js. And C is generally embedded in high-performance systems.

• JavaScript does not directly work with computer memory, whereas C does. 

• In JS, users can juggle between various tasks, whereas C offers explicit thread control.

• JavaScript is written dynamically compared to C, which is written statically.  

• Automatic memory block handling is possible with JS and not with C.

• Code needs to be recompiled when moving to a different processor for C, whereas this is not the case for JavaScript.

• JavaScript has managed to be the top choice among developers. 

Front-end and backend web development

JavaScript provides developers with the versatility to work with both backend and frontend. With it, you can even test web application, website, and more. 

JS frameworks are tools that help develop advanced applications in a smoother way. 

• React.js: Created in 2013, React.js is one of the preferred tools to date. It creates interfaces that are user interactive where you get a quick rendering.  Technically, it's a library, but it has shown real growth over the past year. With React.js, you get server-side rendering (SSR) and SEO support.
   

• Vue.js: Initially released in 2014, Vue.js is one of the easiest frameworks to learn for anyone. As a developer, SPA implementation can be efficiently done using Vue.js. Again, it's a very popular framework as it offers bidirectional data binding similar to AngularJS. Like React, it even offers virtual DOM. With this, you get the same support for JS and TypeScript.