Exactly. I recently put together a presentation that gives an overview of modern web development [0], and two of the slides address this issue in particular:

Exactly. I recently put together a presentation that gives an overview of modern web development [0], and two of the slides address this issue in particular: Javascript/Client Challenges - No built-in module definition system - No encapsulation - Prototypal-based inheritance system unlike most languages - No static type declarations or compilation - Dynamically modified objects and data - Minimal standard library - Variations in browser capabilities - Document layout model repurposed for application layouts Javascript/Client Dev Goals - Minimize bytes sent over the wire - Handle browser compatibility issues - Fill in gaps in JS standard library and language spec - Reuse and share code between apps - Build increasingly complex full-blown applications that just happen to live inside a browser [0] http://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2016/10/presentation-modern-web-dev-overview/ http://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2016/10/presentation-modern...