For some time now I've been wondering why the primary scripting format consumed by browsers is JavaScript (a language intended for humans) and not some sort of standard bytecode that would be executed in a browser's virtual machine.
Because that's how it was initially. And initially - before github and minifiers - that was very important as a way of helping people learn by being able to study the code of other websites.
Because that's how it was initially. And initially - before github and minifiers - that was very important as a way of helping people learn by being able to study the code of other websites.