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@ -170,12 +170,20 @@ unexpected happened: Python took off and, at the same time, javascript flat line
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Does this mean javascript will "lose" to Python and go away?
This trend of javascript peaking in the mid-2010's can be observed [on Github](https://www.benfrederickson.com/ranking-programming-languages-by-github-users/) as well:
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![Javascript Devs](/img/language-trends-github.png)
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Now, does this mean javascript will eventually "lose" to Python and go away?
Of course not. Javascript is a core technology of the web and will be with us forever. Without it, we couldn't have built
htmx (or [hyperscript](https://hyperscript.org)) to replace it, so we are very thankful, in a funny sort of way, for javascript.
htmx (or [hyperscript](https://hyperscript.org)) to replace it, so we are very thankful for javascript.
But this *does* mean that the future of the web does not *necessarily* belong to javascript, as appeared to be the case
But this *does* imply that the future of the web does not *necessarily* belong to javascript, as appeared to be the case
say five years ago.
We are fond of talking about the HOWL stack: Hypermedia On Whatever you'd Like. The idea is that, by returning to a (more powerful) Hypermedia Architecture, you can use whatever backend language you'd like: python, lisp, haskell, go, java, c#, whatever. Even javascript, if you like. There's no accounting for taste, after all.