existing libraries, plugins, and APIs Much of the Internet already speaks JavaScript Mature An incredible community Defacto best "Deus ex machina” Fun and joy to work with
(SSJS) • In 2001 Microsoft released JScript.NET • Microsoft still ships classic ASP and the WSH, and both still support JavaScript as well as JScript 10.0 AND NO ONE CARES EVERYTHING • Internet availability • Mobile devices • Number of users • Scalability requirements • Time to market needs • Expectations • General Software development paradigm