JavaScript
is not any language and has in fact has been around since the 90’s.
Originally created by Brendan Eich for assisting in building up of the
dynamic web pages, it still continues to actively contribute in
enhancing web pages to this day.
JavaScript
has evolved considerably with the passage of time from what it
originally was to its present condition. A number of features have been
included and the language has evolved considerably over all these years
for the better. The real beauty of JavaScript is not confined to the
purpose for building such a clean language or how easily it offers the
web developers a solution but the beauty lies in the ability of the
language to go on evolving with the technological community. Regardless
of whether it is a .NET shop or a Java shop, or even a Rails shop, with
the incorporation of the JavaScript frameworks (MVC-based) one time, the
companies starts evolving with a mindset that is similar to an
open-source one.
Refocusing on community building
With
this, the companies are able to use the best tool for approaching a
particular problem approach, or using the best framework applicable for
the job. JavaScript has started to refocus the developers on the
community that lies behind one technology that thereby allows them in
analyzing the use of a certain tool. This has also initiated the
attitude amongst the companies in moving from a one size for all
mentality (within programming) to a more community driven and
progressive mentality.
Scripts can interact better with webpages
These
additions have further facilitated writing on the JavaScript with all
possible sorts of (additional) cleaner ways to allow the script in
interacting more with the web page. At the same time, it is able in
keeping the script entirely separated from the HTML as well as any other
script that you want to attach to the same page. However the original
JavaScripts work exactly in the same manner as they did when those were
the only way of working JavaScript allowed. All these old JavaScripts
still work fine and unless it breaks down, one is not interested in
updating the same.
People
who have not learned to write their own JavaScript and use the ones
written by other people, have a greater collection of the old scripts
(to choose from) as compared to the modern day unobtrusive scripts.
Several
reasons account for this like there are many such scripts that have
been written already and are available for using in appropriate cases.
Certain script repositories simply list all working ones that are
available to them. This list is inclusive of the scripts that have been
patched together by the people who have not learned the method of
writing down modern unobtrusive JavaScript.
Modernizing the scripts
In
certain cases, the older scripts are retained along with the provision
of a link to attach the user to a more modernized version of those
scripts in particular. This approach basically comes as a sort of relief
as well as a bit of help for clarifying the equivalent functionality
that the modernized scripts will provide to the people who have still
been using the older ones.
This
equivalent functionality provided by the modern versions will be
provided in less obtrusive manner and will as well act as an example for
the people who prefer writing their own scripts. These people also want
to observe the types of changes that are required to be included for
modernizing a script. On comparing the new and the old versions of
JavaScript, one can observe the types of alterations that might be
essential for him/her to make for modernizing his/her own scripts.
The
old scripts will not disappear ever completely from the web as long as
they are working as they serve various helpful purposes even if better
ways of coding are available nowadays.
All
future additions to the JavaScript imply that whatever is considered as
a best practice at present may not be the same for eternity. Those will
however be considered eventually as less perfect method of writing
one’s code. The scripts also will turn into the ones that will require
rewriting in order to use better techniques of coding which will be
developed after writing of the script.
There
will always be newer and better ways to write a code as long as
JavaScript continues evolving in order to become more finely tuned.
These ways will be introduced into the language with multiple numbers of
the scripts that will be in use at that particular time be considered
for using a less than the most optimal approach in the way the way they
are generally written in. JavaScript is actually evolving the entire
arena of technology as much as the language is evolving itself.
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