Using callback-passing for asynchronous actions does not compose very well and might create complex flows of passing callbacks around to handle return values. The JavaScript community is aware of ...

Functional programming, as the name implies, is about functions. While functions are part of just about every programming paradigm, including JavaScript, a functional programmer has unique ...

The TIOBE Index is an indicator of which programming languages are most popular within a given month. According to the TIOBE ...

JavaScript is a flexible language, allowing for all sorts of styles and programming paradigms. Although this breadth sometimes comes at a cost to readability or consistency across a code base, it ...

JavaScript is now the world's most popular programming language, even though it started off as a side-kick to Java.

JavaScript remains the most used programming language among developers, but Python is the most studied – and Go the one that most coders want to switch to.

"The hate for a language is directly proportional to the popularity, so the most hated also tends to be the most popular or the most threatening," said VMware's director of engineering.

It turns out that Ethereum's Solidity, JavaScript, and Java are the most popular blockchain development languages, according to data from StackOverflow.

Open source development tool GitHub released its annual ranking of programming languages. JavaScript claimed the top spot, a position its held since 2014. Most languages remained stagnant, with ...