JavaScript Isn't The Future Of Web Development

Is JavaScript dead? Maybe not yet, but what about in the next 5-10 years? Where is web development headed?

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[tryhrd]

for front end web development, i don't think js is going anywhere

[future_teknokrat]

For those who doubt, look at the rise of typescript in the job market.

[alexpelorios]

One other important thing to consider is that with a framework like Blazor/C#, a company/organisation only needs to invest in one programming language for pretty much all tiers of an application!

[EnDeePrime]

JavaScript isn't going anywhere in the next 10-20 years. Mostly because most of the internet is running their websites on it. While VR and AR technology will indeed use applications that you can only build in game engines (mostly 3d stuff), the most used applications will regular apps you'd see on your phone or laptop which includes browsers, and those will work exactly the same except it will be in a floating window in 3d vision. Web development will be one of the last industries to change drastically due to VR and AR, mostly because it doesn't need to. The same technology is used to create websites that run on computers and phones. You think that we'll use something else with AR glasses?
The way websites are structured now is one of the most effective ways to give information to a user. My prediction will be that well still be using JavaScript for AR just with an extra plug in to make websites appear as a 2d window in 3d.
But learning a new coding language like c# is definitely a good idea .

[ReVivL]

C++ was the first lang I learned back in 2001. I still remember at the time all the hype around java being "write once, run everywhere". Yet, few years down the line, I found myself digging into the JNI ...
I agree in that JS will not last "forever", and I do agree also in that companies will shift toward Blazor, Flutter, KMM, and the like. Though, it's only a new step in a never ending journey. And it's EXCITING !

[pranav]

"Always bet on JavaScript” - Brendan Eich 🤩

[albertjimena]

What a great, succinct commentary. Good job!

[rreece]

A full-featured WASM webframework for C++ or Rust, optimized specifically for regular webpages (so lighter than Qt-WASM) would be epic and possibly a total gamechanger. I wonder why it hasn't been done yet...

[robertzeurunkl]

I remember, distinctly, in 1994 while developing desktop software in Clipper, C, and Visual Basic, seeing the first batch of corporate websites to hit this new "internet". And my reaction at the time was, _"This is nothing but an advertising gimmick. All this is is an electronic version of a sales brochure..."_ At the time, I was right. But I did not, then, see the advent of JavaScript. And even when I did see JavaScript, all I did was update my estimation to _"This is nothing but an animated sales brochure."_ What *really* changed the scene was the advent of asynchronous JavaScript. THAT changed things. Pages became wildly interactive with the introduction of that technology. I have not developed a desktop application since 1999, and all my dev for the past 20 years has been dynamic html and async JavaScript enabled web applications. So, if JS is going away, I'm keenly interested in this video. ;-)

[PoppaPatty]

As someone starting completely new what should I learn. Im taking it very seriously. I would love to become a full stack developer, and start looking for jobs in a year. Im assuming I need to learn everything, but seeing this makes me want to start with C#. Im probably over thinking it and just need to learn it all. Is java script even worth learning? would love any advise or feed back.

[Geomaverick]

I am a JS fanboy, but it is nice to hear about other people's opinion of where they think JS is heading. I dont feel that Javascript is going to die...it will be improved upon and there will be other alternatives, but it wont die off...especially with companies like Vercel rebuilding their Nextjs engine with Rust and Web Assembly and utilizing Typescript to make JS more statically typed. What I do see are more options to build web applications and APIs.

If Javascript does get replaced it will more than likely be from a descendant of JS. Just like Java, C#, python, and javascript are descended from C...I have a feeling we will see frameworks break away from JS and become their own language. I mean it is happening now with Next and Nuxt being frameworks of frameworks of javascript.

[rjbullock]

I agree with this with regards to monolithic business applications, but in terms of most websites and components, Javascript will be around for quite awhile I think. I love Blazor and could see building a line of business application with it, but would I use it for a general purpose website? No way. Too much stuff that IS already HTML and JS to integrate in there. Like, how do you add Google Analytics or maps to a WASM app? I know it can be done, but is it any easier or better?

[Azikkii]

I agree somewhat but people have to accept and support Web Assembly for it to take over. Facebook, Google, Amazon dominate the tech space and I doubt they would switch to Web Assembly since they have skin in the game with their own JS frameworks. Big companies would have to make the switch to WA which would then render their own frameworks obsolete in the process. But I guess we'll see :)

[rod]

Doesn't TypeScript solve a lot of the problems you mentioned, though? (especially the dynamic typing)

[tommyshaw]

I dont see it happening for a very long time. It takes considerably longer time to develop with c++/c#/rust etc than it does with js, with js the tooling is not already there, but constantly being upgraded.

[clintonboamah]

@CoderFoundry :: If JavaScript fades away, what then will happen to the frameworks built with it? What happens to Angular JS, REACT and co?

[JorgeEscobarMX]

So javascript is about to become the next actionscript? What's actionscript? Exactly!

[pavelgolin]

Very very interesting to get a new perspectives! Thanks for sharing!

[sushantbhargav]

Idk man
People be saying php is dead, mainframes are dead, cobol is dead since last decade, but these all are nowhere close to being dead. May be js transforms to adapt new changes.

[playnskip]

I have been seeing your videos for the past 3-4 months...you have been advocating Web assembly and how it can replace JavaScript ...But can you explain in detail how Web Assembly differentiates itself from Js and how it differs in code ...does is offer more to developers ?