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Ask HNs: Is javascript going to be the next big thing?
It seems like the internet went from php->python->rails
With node and all its frameworks starting up, will javascript be the next big thing, or will it still be rails or is there some other technology popping up?
- runjake 13y agoJavascript already is the big thing. And if you're wondering this because you're trying to decide whether to learn Javascript, the answer is Yes. Learn Javascript, because wherever the trends go, knowledge of Javascript is still crucial for web development.
- samfisher83 13y agoI already know JavaScript, but is it worth learning it on the server side and what are the best frameworks to learn.
- runjake 13y agoI can't give you a good answer to this because things are so volatile right now. It's always good to play with what's on the landscape, though. However, I do see a ton of node.js and backbone.js when I am out and about.
- heldrida 13y agoJavascript is the most popular scripting language. It's not about being next, but now, in the past and the only scripting language running in a user browser, all around the world. * Ruby is popular, but Php is still the most used and now there's Laravel - that's a big thing in the php community - you'll like it, if you work with rails. Not sure why you mentioned php, python and then..rails :T Use whatever you like and create the next big thing. A few other big things... - MeteorJs - PhantomJs - Your idea here, using whatever you like ?
- argonaut 13y agoNode is interesting, and frameworks like Meteor are similarly interesting, but Rails is still dominant and it does not look like Rails will decline greatly any time soon. Obviously, though, any web developer is going to need to know Javascript. On the client side, use of Javascript frameworks like Ember/Angular are clearly the future.
- bjoerns 13y agoJavaScript is (sort of) what Visual Basic used to be back in the 90s...
- pankajshr_jpr 13y agoI guess HTML5 is on the path of replacing javascript, although its still no way near to javascript but not sure what magic it can do. If javascript would be next big thing then surely can't reach there without HTML5.
- devb0x 13y agoJust use the right tech for the job. Javascript is not new cool, its already cool.. its just the pitch you're getting.