History Of JavaScript
We all know that JavaScript is the most popular programming language in the world but we rarely know about it’s history. So let’s take a look into it.
JavaScript is the language of web and all beyond the web but it was not same at the beginning. It has a rough beginning. It all started from 1995 when Brandon Eich wrote the first version of JavaScript in 10 days. In 1997 the first version of the standard was released and the standard was created by European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA). Actually the people of California went to ECMA in Europe to get JavaScript rubber stamped.
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The initial years of the language were plagued due to bad implementations by the developers. It was poorly documented and so it was frequently misunderstood. In 2008, a legendary book called “JavaScript: The Good Parts” written by Doughlas Crackford was published. It is a legendary book book because in it he explained how JavaScript has the best features any programming language has ever and also discussed about some of the worst features.
JavaScript has many versions starting from ECMAScript 1 in1997 to till date but 2009 was the year that solidified JavaScript as the king of programming languages for the web. ECMAScript 5 was released in 2009 and made JavaScript king of the web because all the major players agreed that this is going to be the scripting language, the programming language of the web.
Now the strengths and weaknesses of the language are better understood and the group working on the language are working to build it more powerful in every version of it.
