JavaScript as your first programming language

JavaScript is the easiest language to start learning. It does not need any software to run. A modern browser and notepad are enough to start coding in JavaScript. JavaScript has some of the best online learning materials.

Websites such as Codecademy (https://www.codecademy.com), Code School (https://www.codeschool.com), CodePen (http://codepen.io), JS Bin (https://jsbin.com), and JSFiddle (https://jsfiddle.net) will help you learn JavaScript in short time.

JavaScript is everywhere

JavaScript is the only language that runs in almost every browser; even in smartphone browsers. As the web is everywhere, JavaScript is also everywhere.

JavaScript developer as profession

If you enjoy programming and want to build your career with programming, JavaScript is one of the best languages for this. I can say it would be difficult to make better choice than JavaScript. If you look at some of the trends in web development, you will see that real-time websites are...