| | December 20158CIOReviewEmbracing JavaScript for Web development and beyondBy Aaron Gette, CIO, The Bay Club CompanyThe scripting language, buoyed by the popularity of Libraries such as jQuery and Frameworks like AngularJS and Node.JS, has seen an explosion of popularity over the last few years. Since 2013, the GitHub code repository has hosted more JavaScript projects than any other language. A lot of this success can be attributed to the low learning curve and ease of use; the language reads so much like English that often times code comments can seem unnecessary.JavaScript was created by Netscape in 1995 and added to their Navigator browser in that same year. But it was not until the mid-2000s that the language really saw a boost in usage. Initially created as a client In My Opinion
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