I used to hate JS. In fact, like the over-opinionated teenager I was I wouldn't waste any decent opportunity to make this known to my friends and the rest of th

I used to hate JS. In fact, like the over-opinionated teenager I was I wouldn't waste any decent opportunity to make this known to my friends and the rest of the world: "Real hackers use C, Haskell, Python or LISP!1". But then as I started doing design work for web, I inevitably came in contact with JS, and lots of it. And hey, you could actually build stuff with this shit. Then, being as obsessed as I am with aesthetics and thus coding style and best practices, I found out that it's actually possible to write good (looking) programs with JavaScript. Add some CoffeeScript and underscore to the mix, and I could even write them with pleasure. This touching lifestory isn't meant to convince you that JS is any good, but it should illustrate why/how certain individuals come to join the dark side.