Anytime you're using a browser, anytime you're

browsing the Internet, you are using JavaScript. It's the language
of the Internet. My name is Murtadha.
I'm a software engineer at Meta based in
the Seattle office. I've been coding in
JavaScript since 2012, so JavaScript is actually something that as you're watching
me now
through this video, it's something that you're using probably as you made your
coffee this morning, maybe your coffee maker
had some JavaScript, your car might have JavaScript. Nowadays, we are in a
world where JavaScript is so common and so used across a lot of technologies and a
lot of devices that it's become a language that
cannot be replaced. The first time I
use JavaScript was, I was an intern at the
time Facebook and then the time JavaScript had not been as popular and as common. I
hadn't actually learned it in university
or in my courses. The other more attractive or interesting
languages at the time were people writing in
Java or C plus, plus. People used to
sometimes not take JavaScript very
seriously and think like it's a language that's not used by real and
serious developers. But now we see the world
runs using JavaScript and just about every application
we interact with today probably has
some JavaScript in it, one way or another. What are the things that
makes JavaScript so popular and important
is that it's the only language that is
used in web development. In game development or other
types of applications. There are choices to use
other languages like you could use C plus plus
or you could use Java, or you could use other things. But when it comes
to web development, the only available
language is JavaScript, and that's what makes it
so popular and common and important to learn when you're developing
web applications. At Metta, we use JavaScript
in our entire web stack, but we also use JavaScript
in other places too. One of the unique
things about JavaScript that no other language has is that it's a language
that can be used for writing the front-end
and the back-end, so a lot of applications,
they have a back-end, maybe in Python or PHP or
Java or something else. But they're required to have a JavaScript front-end
because that's the only language
of the front end. But because JavaScript can also be used on the backend if you
design your application
and if you choose to make it consistently JavaScript
across the entire stack, sometimes that may simplify the application and then
you don't have to learn multiple languages or maintain code bases that are written
in different languages. Some of the challenges that I faced when switching
between other languages, like I had been used to Java and came to the
world of JavaScript. Even though they seem
like they might be very similar they're like half
of the name is the same. But actually it
turns out there are some things in
JavaScript that are specific and they are very
unique to its language. There are certain things about JavaScript that are a
little inconsistent when compared to other
programming languages like you have your C plus plus and Java and
some other languages that follow certain behaviors, and then JavaScript is
sometimes in its own
corner doing weird things. But I actually find
that a lot of times JavaScript is easier to learn than some of
these other languages, so even in its weirdness and in its quirks and some of the
things that are
confusing about it, overall, I find it
an easier language to learn and use than
these other ones. As you're learning JavaScript, you'll stumble upon
challenges and you might find that things
are not making sense. I encourage you to
power through them, and you will find
that with time, you will likely come to enjoy
and love this language. At this point, we live in
a world where JavaScript is so commonly used across
devices and technologies. I can't comprehend or think of all the different
applications or places that are running
JavaScript in them. As you as developer
who's learning coding, it's an important skill to have and you'll find that
many employers will be interested in hiring you if you can code in JavaScript. Give
it a shot and
be patient with it. If it confuses you
or frustrates you, don't let that stop you
from going through. Do the thing at the end too.