I also can't explain why it's easier than java, but it is. My theory is the syntax is just insanely clean, making it quick to read. There's also a lot of approa

I also can't explain why it's easier than java, but it is. My theory is the syntax is just insanely clean, making it quick to read. There's also a lot of approachable scripts for it, that make it easy to get momentum. Javascript has too many "gotchas" to make it quick to learn. Sure BASIC is quick to learn, I learned the basics when I was kindergartenish, but it's not something you would use for the past 20+ years, and wouldn't be suited to modern applications.