cognitive psychology. PhD 
My two cents: JavaScript made it EXTREMELY low-friction to get functionality into the browser and that's why it won. We can complain about JS all day long but its shortcomings don't nullify the value it provides. It's only replaceable by something even easier to use.https://twitter.com/JofArnold/status/1415397774741417986 …
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Macromedia Flash lost. HyperCard lost. Java applets lost. VBScript lost. ActiveX lost. Some other technologies we haven't heard about lost. HTML, JavaScript and "web browsers" could have lost just as easily.
For sure, the key bit IMO is that JS won because browsers won. It was attached to a revolutionary technology at the right time/place. I don't think the technical or usability merits of JS really matter by comparison.
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No, I think if they chose COBOL for browser scripting, there'd be a serious problem with its adaption. When I was first learning programming, the 'onMouseOver' and 'onMouseOut' attributes were really magic. And there was the time when Microsoft was trying to sabotage JS with IE
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There was a period of time when it wasn't clear whether JS would win out, or some higher-level language or tool that compiles down to JS. JS won that!
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I think TypeScript is getting a larger and larger share (and for good reasons). Also, there's a bunch of happy ClojureScript users who really benefit from their option.
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