I’m even hoping that they introduce a simple “Airtable scripting language” that doesn’t require learning JavaScript, which is daunting to many. -
I think that sticking with an existing computer language, such as JavaScript is a smart thing to do. There are tons of free resources for learning JavaScript. There are also tons of resources for coding in JavaScript, such as editors that already know the JavaScript grammar. Plus lots of people already know JavaScript. -
Visual Basic is the most dreaded language.
It’s now been more than 20 years since javascript was first introduced and everything has changed. are the dominant way that people interact with the computing universe, and JavaScript is the foundation. Even server applications are as programmers turn to Node.js for and the freedom to run the same code on the server and the client.
If you follow the JavaScript community at all, you know that is gaining momentum and possibly on its way to overtaking AngularJS. Thanks to its simplicity (and its Facebook origins), React more than tripled the number of upvotes on its questions.