There are many opinions as to what has been the biggest and best addition to the web programming. There are people who swear by Flash programming and other's who are convinced that embedding Java applets into pages takes the cake. While each of those embedded programs offer various enhancements to the web I personally enjoy javascript effects. Sure some malicious people have used Javascript to their advantage to make the internet a less safe place but there are others who have used javascript to mimic some of the functionality that exists in Flash or Java.
The people at prototype are a great example of taking Javascript to the next level. The people at scriptaculous took their ideas to an even higher level of beauty. And where would Ajax be without Javascript? The client sided nature of Javascript is integral into partial page updates.
The best part about Javascript is that your broswer already supports it. You do not need to download anything. You do not need to click a specific part of the page to enable the control. All you need to do is leave Javascript enabled for your browser and the quick and clean code executes. Many programmers post their javascript code for free. This is probably the first community to freely share their code with one another.
All of these reasons have pushed me to make Javascript my preferred method of delivering interactive content to the web.
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