Javascript

Up & Going

Contents

• History of Javascript
• What can JS do?
• Top Frameworks/ Libraries / Tools
• Glossary

History

• 1995
• Netscape Browser
• Brendan Eich
• Early name: Mocha
• Made in 10 days
• Scripting language for small client-side tasks
• ECMAScript Standard         (ES5, ES6, ES7...)

Javascript Capabilities

• Browser scripting
• NodeJS
• Progressive Web Applications (PWA)
• Web Assembly
• Desktop applications (with Electron)
• Hybrid & Native Compiled Apps

Most Popular Javascript

Frameworks/ Libraries/ Tool

Glossary

• Scope
• Closure
• Hoisting
• Transpiling
• Polyfill
• Bundling
• Task runner
• Linting

JS Engines

• V8
• SpiderMonkey
• Chakra
• JavascriptCore

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