I used to think that people who thought JS was ridiculous didn&#x27;t understand JS.<p>I didn&#x27;t understand JS.<p>Well, actually, I did understand JS. I understood it really well. You could show me any obscure piece of JS and I could tell you the semantics. Before I went all Web and JS and Hip New Tech, most of my work had been in Java, so understandably I thought JS was great. Then I started using other languages more seriously and now I am much happier and more productive.