I would second the AngularJS recommendation. As to the original question I should think that very much depends on what you mean by "future". Certainly in the f

I would second the AngularJS recommendation. As to the original question I should think that very much depends on what you mean by "future". Certainly in the foreseeable future Javascript provides almost the only practical method of delivering complex front-end applications. As a result of this, it's star has risen and plethora of great tools follow in its wake (AngularJS, Ember, Backbone etc...). However we obviously have no concept of what form the web may commonly take on a larger timescale (unless you're a futurologist - but they seem to get it wrong as a pastime). My best bet is that in the more distant future Javascript (in whatever form it may take at the time) will be in use, but such use will be abstracted beyond the purview of many developers.