A text file with a script block and nothing else, containing a console log, is all you need. You already have all the boilerplate to run it in any computer. No extra dependencies, no installing anything. Literally just a notes editor app. This is a valid HTML file:
Bash and bat scripts are really useful for that reason. You’re making a bad generalization from my comment. But the premise from OP seems to be that a language’s value is how hard it is to get started.
A text file with a script block and nothing else, containing a console log, is all you need. You already have all the boilerplate to run it in any computer. No extra dependencies, no installing anything. Literally just a notes editor app. This is a valid HTML file:
I think you forgot to pollyfill your console.log and now you have some error in some script in some callback
By that logic we should all program with .bat files
Bash and bat scripts are really useful for that reason. You’re making a bad generalization from my comment. But the premise from OP seems to be that a language’s value is how hard it is to get started.