In the first course in computer science we (students) received the following words of wisdom from the lecturer: Above anything avoid javascript. Pure javascript A few years later I started working as a programmer (late 2005) the need to do certain small things arose; impossible without the use of javascript. One of my coworkers showed me how to add some bits of extra functionality that the users needed (easier user interface). Later on there was a need for drag and drop in the browser. I implemented this[...]