I'm inclined to agree. I'm not one of those Javascript bashers. It's a handy enough language and tweaking/hacking/breaking JS enabled webpages is the way a lot

I'm inclined to agree. I'm not one of those Javascript bashers. It's a handy enough language and tweaking/hacking/breaking JS enabled webpages is the way a lot of us amateur coders dip a toe in the water. Unfortunately I think JS is having a lot of responsibility heaped on its slightly creaky shoulders these days, due to the growth in mobile intarwebsing and every man and his dog looking for a quick way to build the app that is going to bring them fame and fortune. As a result of this, we're seeing a lot of these frameworks which compile [arguably!] 'better' fuller-featured languages down into JS. Personally I'd rather a scenario where people could code in <insert language of choice> and embed this in HTML as easily and ubiquitously as JS can be embedded. A bit of a pipe-dream I know, but wouldn't it be great if we could exploit the cross-platform accessibility of web apps, without having to turn everyone into a Javascript hacker?