History of JavaScript
Birth of JavaScript
1995
JavaScript was created by Brendan Eich at Netscape Communications in just 10 days. JavaScript originally named Mocha then LiveScript and finally became JavaScript. It was designed for client-side of websites to add dynamic and interactive elements to static HTML pages (JavaScript History, n.d.).
1996
Microsoft enter the scene
Netscape 2 was released with JavaScript 1.0. JavaScript was first implemented in Netscape Navigator and became the most popular browser at that time. Microsoft then quickly adopted it for Internet Explorer (History of JavaScript - GeeksforGeeks, n.d.).
ECMAScript 3 (ES3)
1999
Introduced major features like regular expressions, better string handling, and try-catch error handling. It was widely used and laying the foundation for JavaScript’s future (JavaScript History, n.d.).
2009
Node.js
Ryan Dahl introduced Node.js and bring JavaScript to the server side. This expanded JavaScript’s role beyond browsers and allow full-stack development.
Until today, JavaScript is now a universal language that is running on browsers, and servers. It powers dynamic web applications, APIs, mobile applications and beyond, making it one of the most versatile and widely used programming languages (History of JavaScript - GeeksforGeeks, n.d.).