The Next Big Language

Iain Buclaw ibuclaw at ubuntu.com
Mon Oct 18 08:50:50 PDT 2010


== Quote from Jeff Nowakowski (jeff at dilacero.org)'s article
> On 10/18/2010 07:11 AM, bearophile wrote:
> >
> > The "Next Big Language" will probably be JavaScript.
> I see JavaScript as being stuck in the browser for the foreseeable
> future. It does have some usage outside the browser, but not much.

Gnome-Shell, a prototype Desktop Environment for Gnome3, is written in Javascript
(and C for Clutter bindings); uses CSS for theming. Having seen some recent demos
and screenshots of what people can do with it, the end result is quite
magnificent. At least, in my humble opinion. =)


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