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What's wrong with JavaScript

There is a lot of buzz around Dart recently, often questioning Google motivations and utility of Dart as replacement for JavaScript. I was searching for rationale of creating Dart rather than ...
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Why is JavaScript not used for classical application development (compiled software)?

During my years of web development with JavaScript, I come to the conclusion that it's an incredible powerful language, and you can do amazing things with it. It offers a rich set of features, like: ...
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Is a partially familiar scripting language desirable?

Given that a program (under development) needs a scripting language, and that for various reasons it's not possible to use an off-the-shelf one as is, I'm considering basing it on the syntax and some ...
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Should I learn Javascript before Coffeescript?

I'm a reasonably experienced programmer trying to learn web developement. I'm trying to develop a client-side web application which uses svg or canvas for graphics. I've decided I'd like to write ...
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More Powerful language for client-side web apps: JavaScript or C#?

Concerns over Microsoft's future with Silverlight, HTML 5 and Windows 8 have led me to reconsider plans to develop a business app over the next few years in Silverlight. It can be difficult to define ...
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5answers
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Sticking With The Plan

Programmer at heart, I enjoy creating things for the online world. From simple applications like music players in Flash, to small and medium sized projects such as creating web sites for clients. The ...
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1answer
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Resource to start with JavaScript quickly?

Previously, I wanted to learn Python quickly: Resource to start with Python quickly? and I was quite successful (enough to write a simplified LISP interpreter). Now I need to learn JavaScript for ...
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Why do memory-managed languages retain the `new` keyword?

The new keyword in languages like Java, Javascript, and C# creates a new instance of a class. This syntax seems to have been inherited from C++, where new is used specifically to allocate a new ...
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What are the basic skills a beginner JavaScript programmer should have?

In NYC, we are working on creating a collaborative community programming environment and trying to segment out software engineers into differing buckets. At present, we are trying to define: ...
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Does my JavaScript look big in this?

As programmers, you have certain curtains to hide behind with your code. With PHP all of your code is server side preprocessed, so this never see's the light of day as far as the user is concerned. If ...
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11answers
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How necessary is it to learn JavaScript before jQuery?

In my opinion, when I looked at JavaScript, it looked like not my cup of tea. When I came across jQuery, I loved it. I sat and watched Nettuts+ 15 days of jQuery screencasts, 1 year later and now I'm ...
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What is “Simplified JavaScript”?

Douglas Crockford makes reference to Simplified JavaScript in this article about Top Down Operator Precedence. Unfortunately he only makes references to it in this article. The best explanation I ...
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How did JavaScript become popular?

In ancient history, Brendan Eich had a language design, and in today's world, JavaScript is a popular language implemented and used in many different places. What caused the language to become ...