JavaScript vs Go: 30 Metrics Comparison

JavaScript vs Go: 30 Metrics Comparison. JavaScript is a Object-Oriented, Functional, Procedural programming language first appeared in 1995, designed by Brendan Eich. Main use cases: Web Development,

JavaScript vs Go

JavaScript

JavaScript is a Object-Oriented, Functional, Procedural programming language first appeared in 1995, designed by Brendan Eich. Main use cases: Web Development, Automation, Scripting.

Go

Go is a Procedural, Object-Oriented, Generic programming language first appeared in 2009, designed by Google. Main use cases: Systems Programming, Embedded, Performance-Critical Applications.

30 Metrics

Metric	JavaScript	Go
GitHub Stars	60588	59948
Stack Overflow Tags	845644	818506
TIOBE Rank	8	38
RedMonk Rank	2	31
PYPL Rank	7	32
Average Salary (USD)	136053	115006
Job Postings	41561	40063
Benchmarks Score	0.82	0.82
Learning Curve	Hard	Hard
Community Size	Very Large	Large
Documentation Quality	9	10
Ecosystem Maturity	10	9
Industry Adoption	10	8
Type System Complexity	9	10
Concurrency Support	8	6
Performance - Execution Speed	10	8
Performance - Memory Usage	10	9
Performance - Startup Time	10	6
Tooling Quality	9	8
Package Manager Quality	9	10
IDE Support	9	8
Debugging Experience	8	8
GitHub Stars Rank	16	19
Stack Overflow Tags Rank	9	17
Average Salary Rank	2	28
Job Postings Rank	10	16
Benchmarks Rank	27	28
Learning Curve Score	3	2
Community Size Score	9	8
AHP Score	8.34	7.5

AHP Score

JavaScript: 8.34 (#6)
Go: 7.5 (#25)

JavaScript      | ######## 8.34
Go              | ######## 7.5

When to choose JavaScript

Web Development, Automation, Scripting, General Programming. JavaScript is a Object-Oriented, Functional, Procedural programming language first appeared in 1995, designed by Brendan Eich. Main use cases: Web Development, Automation, Scripting.

When to choose Go

Systems Programming, Embedded, Performance-Critical Applications. Go is a Procedural, Object-Oriented, Generic programming language first appeared in 2009, designed by Google. Main use cases: Systems Programming, Embedded, Performance-Critical Applications.

Hello World Example

JavaScript:

console.log('Hello, World!');

Go:

package main
import "fmt"
func main(){ fmt.Println("Hello, World!") }