hmm, let's see.
It's not java.
It's also not a scripting language.
also to the repeat grammar nazi in the comments here, hi, "its"
It’s also not a scripting language.
It definitely is a scripting language.
hello-world.js:
#!/usr/bin/env node
console.log("Hello world");
Your favorite command line tool:
chmod +x ./hello-world.js
./hello-world.js
You just need to install npm, eg via apt-get install npm.
Damn this is hard. I keep java script disabled by default so its hard to say anything good. I begrudgingly have to whitelist websites i need that cant run without it.
I feel like that's more because you don't want websites you visit running code than because you dislike this particular programming language
Ajax.
Uhhh....
Stackoverflow codes on behalf of you
Can code browser extensions
!!isAdvantage
JIT compilation
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