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Sure, but I bet it gets pulled in a lot where projects really aren't JS projects. For example, my python mongoDB library is "25% javascript" but it's all in th

Sure, but I bet it gets pulled in a lot where projects really aren't JS projects. For example, my python mongoDB library is "25% javascript" but it's all in the generated documentation: https://github.com/jeffjenkins/MongoAlchemy/graphs/languages https://github.com/jeffjenkins/MongoAlchemy/graphs/languages

baddox 16y ago
I have a few Django projects on github, and they're all considered to be js projects solely because of JQuery.
harpastum 16y ago
Exactly. The code that I've written for my most recent Sinatra app is almost entirely ruby, but since I include jQuery & jQuery UI in the repo (for easier offline development), it's 91% JS and 9% ruby[1]. [1] https://github.com/SamWarmuth/ClassAxis/graphs/languages https://github.com/SamWarmuth/ClassAxis/graphs/languages
technoweenie 16y ago
For what it's worth, we try to exclude popular projects (like jQuery, Prototype, or the wysiwyg textareas), as well as other common directories like 'vendor'.
- thraxil 16y ago
  I think you need to work on this a bit more. It seems that a very large percentage of the web apps I work on, which include a few JavaScript libraries but are primarily written in Perl or Python get classified by Github as "JavaScript". I've created a short list of 15 just from my personal and work repos: https://gist.github.com/734979 https://gist.github.com/734979
  - technoweenie 16y ago
    I added mochikit to our list of exceptions, and now all of your projects are Python, except rollo. Rollo uses a 'highlighter' js lib which still counts as JS. It's one thing to exclude popular libs with names like "MochiKit" or "jQuery". "Highlighter" is a pretty generic name though, and I feel iffy about adding it. FWIW, here's our current list of exceptions: yui tiny_mce ckeditor redbox active_scaffold rico_corner code_highlighter vendor bundle cache assets bookends dojo extjs sencha mochikit prototype(.*)\.js mootools\.js jquery([^.]*)\.js jquery\-\d\.\d\.\d(\.min)?\.js effects\.js controls\.js dragdrop\.js The last 3 are generic names too, but they happen to match common js files in most Rails projects...
troygoode 16y ago
Just about all of my webapps (which are generally C#) show up as JS on GitHub.
steveklabnik 16y ago
You know, I wanted to say the same sort of thing... But then again, for a certain definition of 'popularity,' it still holds. If, say, 20% of every web app is Javascript, and all of them use it... it still has a lot of influence, even if it's distributed amongst a lot of projects.
- enneff 16y ago
  It's just infrastructure. A lot of the any web stack is built with C or C++ - and in terms of pure LoC probably outweighs the application - but that doesn't mean it should be included in the count.
Aramgutang 16y ago
In addition to that, GitHub counts JSON files as JavaScript. I have a Django project with a large JSON fixture checked in, and GitHub reports it as 90% JS, 10% Python.

baddox 16y ago

I have a few Django projects on github, and they're all considered to be js projects solely because of JQuery.

harpastum 16y ago

Exactly. The code that I've written for my most recent Sinatra app is almost entirely ruby, but since I include jQuery & jQuery UI in the repo (for easier offline development), it's 91% JS and 9% ruby[1]. [1] https://github.com/SamWarmuth/ClassAxis/graphs/languages https://github.com/SamWarmuth/ClassAxis/graphs/languages

technoweenie 16y ago

For what it's worth, we try to exclude popular projects (like jQuery, Prototype, or the wysiwyg textareas), as well as other common directories like 'vendor'.

thraxil 16y ago
I think you need to work on this a bit more. It seems that a very large percentage of the web apps I work on, which include a few JavaScript libraries but are primarily written in Perl or Python get classified by Github as "JavaScript". I've created a short list of 15 just from my personal and work repos: https://gist.github.com/734979 https://gist.github.com/734979
- technoweenie 16y ago
  I added mochikit to our list of exceptions, and now all of your projects are Python, except rollo. Rollo uses a 'highlighter' js lib which still counts as JS. It's one thing to exclude popular libs with names like "MochiKit" or "jQuery". "Highlighter" is a pretty generic name though, and I feel iffy about adding it. FWIW, here's our current list of exceptions: yui tiny_mce ckeditor redbox active_scaffold rico_corner code_highlighter vendor bundle cache assets bookends dojo extjs sencha mochikit prototype(.*)\.js mootools\.js jquery([^.]*)\.js jquery\-\d\.\d\.\d(\.min)?\.js effects\.js controls\.js dragdrop\.js The last 3 are generic names too, but they happen to match common js files in most Rails projects...

troygoode 16y ago

Just about all of my webapps (which are generally C#) show up as JS on GitHub.

steveklabnik 16y ago

You know, I wanted to say the same sort of thing... But then again, for a certain definition of 'popularity,' it still holds. If, say, 20% of every web app is Javascript, and all of them use it... it still has a lot of influence, even if it's distributed amongst a lot of projects.

enneff 16y ago
It's just infrastructure. A lot of the any web stack is built with C or C++ - and in terms of pure LoC probably outweighs the application - but that doesn't mean it should be included in the count.

Aramgutang 16y ago

In addition to that, GitHub counts JSON files as JavaScript. I have a Django project with a large JSON fixture checked in, and GitHub reports it as 90% JS, 10% Python.