Google Closure - Building Complex Applications with JavaScript
Richard L. Apodaca · 2010
Many years ago, JavaScript was considered a toy language suited only for implementing button rollovers and annoying modal dialogs. Those days are long gone. A key enabler of HTML5 and the astonishing levels of multimedia interactivity becoming widely-available within browsers, JavaScript will only increase in importance in coming years. And projects like Node.js are demonstrating that JavaScript is a serious contender on the server side as well.