Comment by guessmyname

10 years ago

Interesting petition, and I agree with it; but I wonder why are all projects mentioned in the _Signed by_ section based on JavaScript? I know there are other languages involved in some of those projects like C++ and Java in Selenium and PhantomJS but this specific thing in the document makes me believe that only JavaScript developers _(at least the ones using GitHub)_ are more prone to complain than other type of developers.

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sotojuan  10 years ago

It's simple: This was made by a JS developer who shared it on Twitter and whose followers/community friends are more likely to be JS developers.

hboon  10 years ago

> why are all projects mentioned in the _Signed by_ section based on JavaScript?

I also noticed that most of the repositories seem to be based on Javascript.

> JavaScript developers _(at least the ones using GitHub)_ are more prone to complain than other type of developers.

My guess:

Based on numerous sources [1][2], Javascript is the most popular language on GitHub. So there are more developers, more repositories, more activity involved. It just happens that one (or a few of them) talked this through and gather up other folks in their community.

[1] http://githut.info [2] https://github.com/blog/2047-language-trends-on-github