We all remember Snake, right? That game you played on your flip-phone to while away those hours on the train or tube, attempting to stop a digital serpent from eating its own tail. Well Snake is actually part of digital history. It was the first mobile app ever released way back in 1997, the founding fathers of today’s web3 marvels with their AI, VR and machine learning.

Software developers tend to work in packs. We pool our creativity (and our code) to build software and our strength in numbers helps reduce the risk of errors. The more people who check code and scan for bugs, the cleaner our final product will be. However, this places a premium on effective communication. We will end up accessing, reading, writing and changing the same files over and over again, and it’s vital we keep duplication of work to a minimum.

The internet was written in JavaScript. This versatile programming language is supported by all major web browsers and has been used to create over 1.8 billion websites, which amounts to 98% of the world’s total (that figure will probably have jumped a few thousand by the time you finish this article). Developers love JavaScript for the dynamic web pages it empowers them to build, with a whole bunch of interactive elements and user interfaces available on a drag-and-drop basis.