Web development starts with learning JavaScript.

Web development starts with learning JavaScript.

One day I was asked what language I should learn to quickly increase my strengths in web development. My thoughts go back to college. At that time I used Pascal, Fortran, C, and assembly languages, but at that time I had different goals.

Given the current situation and trends, the answer is relatively easy: Learn JavaScript. Look around, the low-end Browser Scripting language is now everywhere, from the server side to the client, there seems to be more choices every day.

Low profile

I remember I invested in web development a few years ago, learned HTML, and used Perl to develop CGI scripts. Netscape introduced a scripting language named LiveScript in its 2.0 Browser, and soon changed its name to JavaScript. This is a cool language, but in the browser war, about a year later, JavaScript was restricted to Netscape browsers due to the support of Microsoft. Its early role was limited to simple tasks such as field validity verification. However, compared with server scripts, it is a good choice. JavaScript gradually becomes a standard under the name of ECMAScript.

Over the years, JavaScript has become a cool language for browser interaction. However, with the emergence of Ajax, developers can send and receive data from and without refreshing webpages, it has won more recognition. The next wave should be called the jQuery revolution because it and other frameworks provide easy-to-use features for developing powerful web applications. Microsoft even added the WinJS framework. In addition, Redmond chose JavaScript as the platform for developing Windows 8 applications.

When Google added a high-performance JavaScript V8 engine to Chrome, JavaScript had a great leap. This development is helpful for the development of the new JavaScript paradigm on the server Node. js. The use of Node. js has always been shocking, as well as the development of various applications and the generation of a large number of JavaScript frameworks from websites to fully functional applications. The last one is data, and the JSON standard has become one of the most popular methods for data transmission. It has been emerging and is supported by most important data storage systems.

Momentum continues

Over the past few years, many new technologies have produced the evolution of websites and provided a great technical timeline), but one important aspect of JavaScript is that it has existed for about two centuries. Today, it is firmly becoming a language with rich functions.

This is a far cry from the beginning. At that time, JavaScript was never proudly written into his resume, because the real programmer was eager to grasp it. Currently, JavaScript is the focus of most recruiters.

When you are looking for a job in web development, I think JavaScript is a great language to start. The following are important reasons:

Not your buddy's JavaScript

I have heard that JavaScript is easy to learn but hard to understand. This may be the case for many languages, but the JavaScript saturation of the web means that beginners can quickly copy tested code from other websites and make necessary modifications to use it, you do not need to fully understand the code.

Today, JavaScript is the backbone of web, so those who want to become web developers should concentrate on it as the first language to learn.

Do you agree? If you do not agree, which of the following languages do you think developers looking for web development work should learn? Let us know in the comment.

Note:

• Why do I not recommend JavsScript as the preferred programming language.
• Why JavaScript is the next or first programming language you should learn