Why are there so many JavaScript libraries?

When a language gets more popular, it means there are more developers working in it and they tend to write libraries for common tasks. There was a wave of new frameworks and libraries around 2007, like Prototype, MooTools, JQuery, etc.. read more

There was a wave of new frameworks and libraries around 2007, like Prototype, MooTools, JQuery, etc.. Those projects became very popular, they solved many common problems of cross browser compatibility and poor APIs. read more

I'm not sure why so many people are surprised by this. This is the natural consequence of having a large community and a insanely easy to use package manager. Any language that has access to the modularity that JS has will inevitably inherit this problem. read more

Many JavaScript Libraries You may look and think, wow, there are a lot of JavaScript libraries in this project. The “Many” is subjective based upon your perspective. read more