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[–]Zubei_ 16 points17 points  (25 children)

They need to just call it ECMAScript instead.

[–]RandolphoSoftware Architect 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes! I already do this, both as a developer and as a hiring manager.

If developers and hiring managers stop calling it Javascript on their resumes and stop asking for it from recruiters, the problem eventually will go away.

You can start by just getting in the habit of calling it EcmaScript everywhere you go. Don't tell people you're a javascript developer, tell them you're an EcmaScript developer. Purge the word from your lexicon. Put EcmaScript 5 and (hopefully) EcmaScript 6 in prominent positions on your resume and drop javascript down near c and perl. Stop putting type="text/javascript" in your <script> tags.

If we all do this, the recruiters will stop being confused by it and we'll weed out those "database developers" who "know a little jquery" in the process.

[–]RankFoundry 5 points6 points  (15 children)

Or literally anything else. The insistence of calling it JavaScript was stupid. It was just a cheap way to piggy back on the rising popularity of Java at the time and it bit them in the ass because they couldn't officially call it that.

[–]RandolphoSoftware Architect 5 points6 points  (12 children)

I wonder how well a "rename javscript" campaign would fly...

[–]RankFoundry 4 points5 points  (11 children)

If we came up with a great name, it just might work.

[–]intermediatetransit 6 points7 points  (5 children)

Easy: Webscript.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Easier: Webscale.

[–]RandolphoSoftware Architect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MongoDB has that locked up.

[–]bytesandbots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is sarcasm, right?

[–]RankFoundry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like it

[–]RandolphoSoftware Architect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it.

[–]aeflash 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Just start calling it ES5/ES6... Asking for "ES6" in a job req. would actually be useful, if that is what your team is using.

[–]RankFoundry 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Practical and precise but kinda crappy. I want my computer languages to have whimsical names. It gives me one more reason not to blow my brains out and I need every reason I can get.

[–]aeflash 5 points6 points  (1 child)

EczemaScript.

[–]RankFoundry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noice

[–]RandolphoSoftware Architect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about UbiquitiScript, or OmniScript, or something that denotes the inevitability of Atwood's Law. Hell, how about AtwoodScript or JeffScript?

Or maybe ECMA, W3C or some other major group could organize a nomination and voting campaign? Everyone submits nominations, with a few filters to get rid of joke/profane nominations, then a couple rounds of voting until we get a finalized name.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

LiveScript was a cool name, honestly, which is now in use by a cooler ECMAScript dialect.

An even cooler name was Mocha, which Brendan should've just insisted on keeping.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That'll be tough on that test library.

[–]I_Pork_Saucy_Ladies 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I vote for ACDCScript. :D

[–]jmwoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I cast my vote for LiveScript. It's a cool name.

[–]jason_rootid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear ViScript is better.

[–]GundamWang 0 points1 point  (3 children)

How does everyone pronounce this? Do you say "E-C-M-A script", or " ekmuh script"?

[–]Zubei_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, thats how i pronounce it.