The author also ignores what I consider to be Javascript&#x27;s strongest trait: It works everywhere and does everything. Shipping JS with every browser means there is no barrier for entry.<p>Sure the syntax is pretty meh, the community is disorganized, performance is OK, and there are a lot of poorly written libraries out there... but it&#x27;s downright amazing how much surface Javascript+Browser covers. WebGL, WebVR, WebCL, WebRTC, hell even just the out-of-the-box cross-platform UI. Install Node and you get access to all the systems stuff as well.<p>It&#x27;s my job to write Ruby and I love the language. I also really enjoyed C++ and Python... but Javascript is now my go-to language outside of work. It&#x27;s amazing, it&#x27;s like it was made for hacking.