Yes as bengotow said, I don't think its a matter of whether the language is weak/strong, rather its just a matter of circumstance. The holy grail of web develo

Yes as bengotow said, I don't think its a matter of whether the language is weak/strong, rather its just a matter of circumstance. The holy grail of web development has always been the ability to write web apps that can run across all popular browsers. I think many have been waiting for JS to be the language it should have been for so long now. Its seems the time has finally arrived and BAM! JS explosion. JS is not bad at all (JS now that is), its an incredibly flexible language. This obviously annoys many as there are no hard and fast rules for development (framework hell anyone?) but as a language you can apply it to most any environment.