Ask HN: Will front end development ever move away from JavaScript?
Saying &quot;it&#x27;s not the most elegant language&quot; is quite (mis)leading.  While I would not claim that it is <i>the</i> most elegant language, I would most definitely claim that it <i>is</i> elegant.<p>Two things that many people get wrong about JavaScript: (1.) Most of the ugly parts involve interacting with the DOM, and the DOM is <i></i><i>NOT</i><i></i> JavaScript, and (2.) Just because some people write ugly code with it does not mean that the language itself is ugly.<p>ES6 and ES7 have done wonders for the language syntax, and the flexibility of the language allows you to write in any combination of procedural, functional, prototypical, object-oriented programming styles.  I mix them together as needed to make programs more intuitive and easier to follow.  Programming is an art, and JavaScript is a powerful and versatile tool.<p>You are also wrong in that it being the only language supported by browsers.  That may be the case now, but in the past many, many, many websites used flash and java applets.  Quite frankly, the reason that JavaScript is what we have now is because it really is that good that it replaced all the other options.<p>All of the other questions are all over the board... It sounds like you are trying to get us to write a homework assignment for you.