The Third Age of JavaScript
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A bunch of things are moving in JavaScript - it is quite feasible that the JS of 10 years from now will look totally unrecognizable
The Third Age of JavaScript swyx · 2020-05-20 Discussions: HN | Twitter | Dev.to . I've also done quite a few podcasts and talks on this , and an updated talk in 2022 Every 10 years there is a changing of the guard in JavaScript. I think we have just started a period of accelerated change that could in future be regarded as the Third Age of JavaScript . The Story So Far The first age of JS, from 1997-2007 , started with a bang and ended with a whimper. You all know Brendan Eich's story, and perhaps it is less known how the ES4 effort faltered amidst strong competition from closed ecosystems li
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