John Resig of jQuery fame outlines why Khan Academy decided to offer JavaScript as their first computer language. With video, of course.

GitHub released its annual State of the Octoverse, revealing JavaScript as the top programming language since 2014.

JavaScript remains the most used programming language among developers, but Python is the most studied – and Go the one that most coders want to switch to. According to a survey of developers by ...

According to the survey, JavaScript, Java, Python, C++ and C are the best-known programming languages, while Clojure, F# and OCaml propped up the list.

U.K.-based technology analyst firm RedMonk just released the latest version of its biannual rankings of programming languages, and once again JavaScript tops the list, followed by Java and PHP ...

JavaScript is the programming language behind much of the web, and it’s used to build interactive plugins and websites. Oddly enough, though, it has little to do with Java besides the name.