My personal opinion but this is purely because I enjoy it the most is functional programming. So much of the positive changes I've seen of late come through fun

My personal opinion but this is purely because I enjoy it the most is functional programming. So much of the positive changes I've seen of late come through functional programming. For example: * ReasonML - this is what the founder of React is working on now. The ReasonML claims itself to be JavaScript 2030 (I see it as JavaScript + TypeScript + Immutable.JS + Redux). This contains a lot of the concepts from JavaScript so is a reasonable step to make * If ReasonML isn't too scary it leads you down a path to OCaml, F# and Elm * Rust (not strictly a functional programming language, but is ridiculously fast and contains well implemented Linear Types that makes Haskell's Simon Peyton-Jones jealous [0]) - this is one of the most loved programming languages according to the Stack Overflow survey [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0mhvd3-60Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0mhvd3-60Y