Michael speaking, from Best of JavaScript project. One year ago, when "JavaScript Rising Stars 2016" was published, the topic was hot on HackerNews, there were a lot of questions about the data. What was compiled here is only the variation of the numbers of stars on GitHub, over the span of one year. Of course it's just one metrics we picked, but we hope it will give you a good understanding of what was the JavaScript landscape in 2017.