Top 7 Reasons To Learn JavaScript

7 - Because nobody does

• Did anybody read a book about JavaScript?
• The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language
• Well it's time now.

6 - JavaScript is like VISA: Accepted Everywhere

• No religion wars - No my language is better than your language
• Every body does it.

 5 - HTML 5 is a cross-platform application thing

• JavaScript was and is the programming language of the web
  
• Laptop, Desktop,  NetBook,  Phone, Tablet
• jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch
• IE9/IE10, Chrome10, FireFox4, Safari5, Opera11
• It's not fully there yet, but it's coming.
• What about Windows 8?
  
• Look what's coming in more distant future
• Device APIs and Policy Working Group

4 - To build server side applications

• http://nodejs.org
• http://www.phantomjs.org
• http://www.jsdb.org
• http://www.mongodb.org
  
  Looking for a library: http://microjs.com/

3 - JavaScript is a dynamic and functional language

• Dynamic Languages are fun
• Write powerfull, small and readable source code

2 - JavaScript is now fast 

• The new generation of JavaScript engines are really fast
  

Company     Browser  JavaScript Engine HTML Rendering Engine
-------------------------------------------------------------
Google      Chrome   V8                 Web Kit
Apple       Safari   Nitro              Web Kit
Mozilla     FireFox  JägerMonkey        Gecko
Microsoft   IE       Chakra             Trident/MSHTML
Opera       Opera    Carakan            Presto

1 - We can get rid of the Ugly parts

• Once you understand JavaScript, it is easier to only use the good parts
• Yes, JavaScript is full of WTF!
• Any good C++, Java, C#, VB, Pascal programmer can write good JavaScript code