What Learning Javascript Is Like And Why Should You Care?

There’s been an interesting thread circling my corner of the internet for the last week or so. It started with a question:

“Why Every Programmer Needs to Learn JavaScript?”

I personally find this question very interesting because it exposes all the important aspects JavaScript that we really need to know. Steve Jobs once said, "Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.” People often say learning to program and learning a new language is quite similar. Well, I differ with this, for me, it’s more similar to solving a puzzle. And that’s the reason why I always emphasize on breaking down the project in a bunch of small steps, bring them together and come up with something new. After all, skills you gain as a developer or programmer aren’t limited to computers.

Almost every business can benefit from Javascript, the ones that aren’t keeping up have a lot to lose. As it makes a user to expect a web page to flow, respond to them and even wow them. And front-end web development language does it so well, that there are no replacements to be found yet. The history says JavaScript was created in a matter of days in 1995 in order to bridge the gap between Java and scripting languages. However, in the present digital scenario, it can be described as the language that makes up the behavior of a page.

Now you do not need to know Javascript to be a programmer as there are professionals who end up succeeding in their careers without writing a line of Javascript code in their life. But with the rising demand from users to make websites as interactive as possible, the need or professional Javascript or JQuery developers are growing at an exponential rate. This is one of the prime reasons for learning the language, other than demand, comes:

Better Pay- Java pays far better than any other programming language. With the increase in demand, it is but obvious of you to expect the pay to increase as well. Although, there are organizations who think JavaScript as the language that can be used by anyone. The statement actually means anyone can write crappy code in JavaScript which is where professionals like you and I step in to clean up the mess that was left behind.

Maturity- You must have heard of the recent commitments of the standard committee to release a new JavaScript every year for a while now. So the sooner you start learning JavaScript, the easier it will be in terms of learning. Besides, there was a time when people were debating on the future of JavaScript and now, there is active work being done to make JavaScript a first-class language.

Read here : jQuery v/s VeuJS : Who wins the final battle?

Flexibility- For those who think that JavaScript is just a front-end language, then you are simply mistaken! It’s much more than that. It provides a great amount of scalability and performance because of its event-driven architecture. Moreover, it also allows for a seamless transition for developers from the back end to make edits on the front end. Due to this dynamic and adaptable nature, possibilities are simply endless.

You simply cannot ignore it because JavaScript isn’t going anywhere!