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Discussion on: How JavaScript came to dominate web development

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Jason

Yes and no... at runtime, JavaScript is still an interpreted language, however it is true most web apps today are run through compiliers. Frameworks like React, Next JS, Gatsby, Angular and Vue all use JavaScript compilers like Babel and Webpack to optimize JavaScript source code and minimize bundle sizes to make help it run more efficiently at Runtime, but the when a browser is running JavaScript code, it is still interpreted.