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Most potential users of VBA don’t know JavaScript or any other language. And VB is way more accessible than JavaScript.

• chaostheory 7y ago
  My guess is that they will retire from having to program one day.
• tracker1 7y ago
  On that I agree... Python would probably be a better option if there weren't a need for cross platform support including in-browser. Also, I'm not sure if there's a good path from Python to JS or Wasm for browser usage. I love JS, but it's not that accessible and a poor first language for people. I just enjoy the shear flexibility of it.
• rosybox 7y ago
  Sure, but it's not as big as an ecosystem. Knowing JavaScript at this point is way more valuable than learning VBA. I'm not saying VBA is bad, I think visual basic is great, I have fond memories of it, but reality is JavaScript is going to be what companies are going to want their employees to know.
  • Ididntdothis 7y ago
    Can JavaScript use COM libraries and windows APIs? The JavaScript ecosystem is big but I doubt it covers much of what a typical VBA application needs. I think C# or another .Net language would be more suitable.
    • rosybox 7y ago
      If there isn't now, I imagine it will come. There's: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/windows-runtime/using-the-windows-runtime-in-javascript https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/windows-runt... I'm sure Microsoft is probably at least considering making JavaScript work well with existing Windows APIs.
      • ptx 7y ago
        I think that's deprecated. They dropped support for UWP apps with JavaScript in Visual Studio 2019: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ebb5e04b-d00a-465d-88de-75f909decfaf/uwp-javascript-app-moving-forward https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ebb5e04b-d00a...