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It's About Time to Take JavaScript (More) Seriously
May/June 2010 (vol. 27 no. 3)
pp. 60-62
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Holger M. Kienle, "It's About Time to Take JavaScript (More) Seriously," IEEE Software, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 60-62, May/June, 2010.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2010.76,
author = {Holger M. Kienle},
title = {It's About Time to Take JavaScript (More) Seriously},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {27},
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issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2010},
pages = {60-62},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2010.76},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
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Holger M. Kienle, Malardalen University
JavaScript is often seen as a toy language. Yet, it offers a powerful mix of interesting language features based on functional programming, prototyping, and mutable objects. Web 2.0 apps use JavaScript extensively to realize sophisticated client-side functionality. Taken this into account, it isn't surprising that JavaScript made it to the top 10 in a survey on the most popular programming languages. JavaScript's capabilities are showcased by the Lively Kernel, which is an interactive platform and web development environment that runs in a browser window. It's implemented entirely in JavaScript, demonstrating that despite its weaknesses, JavaScript can be used as a general-purpose and systems programming language.

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Index Terms:
javascript, web 2.0, web browser, software engineering
Citation:
Holger M. Kienle, "It's About Time to Take JavaScript (More) Seriously," IEEE Software, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 60-62, May-June 2010, doi:10.1109/MS.2010.76
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