I never felt the author got around to describing what makes Javascript good. I mean, hey, it's indisputable that lots of people love it, and it's fine to write

I never felt the author got around to describing what makes Javascript good. I mean, hey, it's indisputable that lots of people love it, and it's fine to write up an article defending its quirks. But the existence of good tools, an OSS community, and reasons for the quirks don't sum up to a reason to try Javascript. I was hoping for some more insight into the language itself, but that was never touched on.