The big difference here isn't about the languages, it seems to be about the technologies. Comparing web libraries (esp. add-ons/plugins) with anything else in a

The big difference here isn't about the languages, it seems to be about the technologies. Comparing web libraries (esp. add-ons/plugins) with anything else in any language will have a pretty devastating result. I'm not entirely sure why. It can't be just the fact that nowadays web programming is often an entry-level job, so often you have to wade through the fallout of "My first Lightbox". Maybe it's the idea of packaging something you just whipped up for a project for public consumption.