# The hype around javascript is representative of a more general and
widespread problem, which is…

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The hype around javascript is representative of a more general and widespread
problem, which is that inexperienced programmers make poor design decisions
based on familiarity and ease of initial development. Javascript is popular
for exactly the same reason that PHP, perl, and java are popular: it’s an
extremely common first language, an extremely common second language, and
there are certain kinds of tasks for which it is not poorly suited as a
prototyping language. People use javascript for the same reason that they use
HTTP: it’s the first thing they think of, and they don’t bother to analyse
whether or not it’s an appropriate tool.

By [John Ohno](https://medium.com/@enkiv2) on [February 22,
2017](https://medium.com/p/f953f93cd87d).

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