High-level

Dynamic

Multi-Paradigm

Weakly-typed language

Used for both client-side and server-side

History

• Developed in 1995 by Brendan Eich at Netscape Communications
• Developed under the name Mocha
• Originally called LiveScript in beta releases of Netscape Navigator 2.0 in September 1995
• LiveScript => JavaScript in the Netscape browser version 2.0B3

Milestones

• 1997—Dynamic HTML
• 1999—XMLHttpRequest
• 2001—JSON, a JavaScript-based data exchange format
• 2004—Dojo Toolkit, a framework for programming JavaScript in the large
• 2005—Ajax, browser-based desktop-class applications
• 2005—Apache CouchDB, a JavaScript-centric database
• 2006—jQuery, helping with DOM manipulation
• 2007—WebKit, taking the mobile web mainstream
• 2008—V8, proving JavaScript can be fast 

Milestones

• 2009—Node.js, implementing JavaScript on the server
  
• 2009—PhoneGap, writing native apps in HTML5
  
• 2009—Chrome OS, making the browser the operating system
  
• 2011—Windows 8, first-class HTML5 apps
• 2011—npm launched
  
• 2013—React
• 2015—Angular Platform
  
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