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Does anyone have a general idea why server side Javascript hasn’t been as popular as using a multi-language approach to web development? I.E. JavaScript+C#, JavaScript+perl; why not just Javascript all around? Wouldn’t specific cost associated with web dev diminish if everyone’s using a single language?
While it’s not the most used language for the server-side, Javascript is since a few years kind of popular on the server.
You should look at node.js, for example.
It used to be considered just a toy language to show pop-ups with ads, but nowadays people is realizing it’s power.
You can read an essay about this called JavaScript:
The World’s Most Misunderstood Programming Language to get a point of view about the reasons.