JavaScript topped the list of most popular programming languages in StackOverflow’s

Developer Survey. Along with CSS and HTML, JavaScript is one of the three core web
programming languages.
JavaScript is a scripting language. It runs directly from its source code; it doesn’t need to be
translated into machine code before it runs.
JavaScript is also a full-stack language—though it’s most commonly used on the front end.
JavaScript creates interactive web page elements like:

- Clickable buttons
- Images that can zoom in and out
- On-page audio and video
- JavaScript codes the front end of some of the world’s most famous - - - - websites LinkedIn,
Amazon, Facebook, and more.

*Ken Arnold, James Gosling and David Holmes, "The Java Programming Language", 4th ed,
2005. (The defacto standard for Java Language, but does not seem to have been updated to
cover the latest features?!)
*James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy Steele and Gilad Bracha, "The Java Language Specification",
3rd ed, 2005. (The defacto standard for JVM, but does not seem to have been updated?!)
*Bjarne Stroustrup (Creator of C++), "The C++ Programming Language", 4th ed, 2012.
(Covers C++11.)
*Nicolai M Josuttis, "The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference", 2nd ed, 2012.
*Bjarne Stroustrup, "The Design and Evolution of C++".
*Stephen Prata, "C++ Primer Plus Developer's Library", 6th ed,
*Addison-Wesley, 2012. (Covers C++11.)
*Paul Deitel & Harvey Deitel, "C++ How to Program", 8th ed, Prentice Hall, 2012.
*Stanley B. Lippman, Josee Lajoie, Barbara E Moo "C++ Primer", 5th ed, 2012. (Covers C+
+11.)
*Scott Meyers, "Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve your Programs and Design",
3rd ed, 2005; "Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve your use of the Standard Template
Library", 2001.