Quick overview of JavaScript
According to the Stack Overflow 2020 Developer Survey (https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/05/27/2020-stack-overflow-developer-survey-results/), JavaScript (also referred to as JS) is the most common programming language in the world, with approximately 70% of developers using it for one task or another. This statistic is not surprising as JavaScript had been the most popular language for a good number of years before the survey was carried out. There are many reasons why this is so, and we will list some of them here:
- It runs in the most common and readily available platform—the browser.
- Numerous useful frameworks such as Node.js, React, and Angular are built around it.
- It is versatile—that is, it can be used for both frontend and backend applications. For example, you can use JavaScript libraries such as React, Vue, and Angular to build great user interfaces (UIs), while you can use server-side packages such as Node.jS and...
