&gt; It&#x27;s also about integrating with ecosystems, so that each IoT device isn&#x27;t an island of itself, but can join a bigger picture.<p>So why is JavaScript critical for this?<p>C, C++, Go, and pretty much every other language out there seeing use today is capable of working with JSON, making HTTP requests, and so on, in addition to supporting communication far beyond those technologies.<p>How are they any less capable than JavaScript in this case?