Javascript versus other web scripting languages

Question

I'm under the impression that Javascript is probably the most popular scripting language for web development. Why is that and is it likely to be superceded in the not-to-distant future? If so, what are some likely candidates?

Answer 1

all languages have their own tasks (things they're doing best or just most people still use it even if here's some better ways).
On practice you can use anythin' you want,if you're making someth' your own and not depending from others.
But...on work you will use js to make sites dynamic if you can't do it with css,php for server side...e.t.c.
I don't think somethin will change it in like 5 years for sure.
Here became so much realy good stuff...but ...we don't use it mostly anyway.

Answer 2

as far as I know, all this languages are server-side, that's mean they generating html code from client request data, database data and templates on server and return it to client. server-side languages can't modify html DOM without reloading page.

Answer 3

Okay, thanks @Yaroslav. I'm just curious why javascript remained the client scripting language. Years ago I remember there being some talk about the deficiencies of javascript and how there were plans of replacing it with another language. Yet it's 2017, decades latest and we are still using javascript. While I'm sure there's inertia of dislodging an already established codebase that factors in, I was just wondering javascript may not be as bad as it's sometimes made out to be.

Answer 4

do you know any other client-side language?

Answer 5

@Yaroslav Pieskov Not really, or I wouldn't be asking. I suppose there's Ruby, Python, Lua and perhaps Lisp (Lisp is a scripting language, right?). Do those count as client-side languages?