>It is amazing how fast JavaScript is coming on. The word from Microsoft used to be C#.NET and VB.NET, with an occasional nod to C++. Now JavaScript is getting equal time as a first tier tool.
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>It's a little weird to me because JS flies in the face of many modern software directions, object orientation to name one. But I am definitely paying attention.
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>I am surprised that you give the back of your hand to mobile. To me it seems entirely where things are going.
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>Don't get me started, though, on one interface to rule them all ;-) A desktop monitor is an entirely different beast from a smartphone.

There are a few reasons why JavaScript is so 'popular':
- born 20 years ago, one stable release every 5 years,
- extensible (prototype-based)
- loosely typed
- object oriented

does it remind you something?

These videos will give you, I think, a nice view of the JavaScript spirit:
http://blip.tv/jsconf
http://2011.full-frontal.org/
http://2012.jsconf.us/

design, spirit and open mind matter a lot.