Javascript has a reputation in developer circles as a terrible language. It’s classless, loosely typed, and plagued by cross browser issues. Douglas Crockford, author of JavaScript: The Good Parts, said “JavaScript contains some of the best ideas ever put into a programming language and it contains some of the worst ideas ever put into a programming language.” It was created in just 10 days in 1995, and not standardized by ECMA until almost 3 years later. Microsoft initially decided not to implement the new standards, almost putting an end to the language in its infancy.