It's not increasing suddenly -- it's been increasing for the last 5+ years. Or really increasing for the last 15 years continuously, but in the last 5 years it

It's not increasing suddenly -- it's been increasing for the last 5+ years. Or really increasing for the last 15 years continuously, but in the last 5 years it's gotten a boost with new libraries and so forth, fast Chrome enabling rich experiences, etc. JavaScript is just being used for more and more things, and there are more of the things that it has always been used for. To say it's "treading water" means it was flat between 2011 and 2012, which I don't think is true.