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JavaScript: Designing a Language in 10 Days W hen Netscape hired Brendan Eich in April 1995, he was told that he had 10 days to create and produce a working prototype of a programming language that would run in Netscape’s browser. Back then, the pace of Web innovation was furi-ous, with Microsoft suddenly making the Internet the focus of its Win-
Jun 12, 2020 · How a sidekick scripting language for Java, created at Netscape in a ten-day hack, ships first as a de facto Web standard and eventually becomes the world’s most widely used programming language. This paper tells the story of the creation, design, evolution, and standardization of the JavaScript language over the period of 1995-2015.
Aug 26, 2018 · So famously, 34-year-old Brendan Eich created that first version of the language that would become JavaScript in just 10 days. (Last year Eich began a talk at the dotJS conference by saying “22 years ago in May I did 10 days of hard work,” adding “I didn’t sleep much.”)
Feb 1, 2012 · The featured Web extra is a video interview with Mozilla's Chief Technology Officer (and JavaScript's creator), Brendan Eich.
Feb 2, 2012 · Computer‘s multimedia editor Charles Severance speaks with Mozilla Chief Technology Officer Brendan Eich about how the latter created JavaScript in 1995. As HTML5 emerges, it’s entirely possible that JavaScript will soon become a dominant programming language for both mobile and desktop applications, which is impressive for a language Eich ...
"Mocha" was the code name of the first JavaScript engine, originally written by Brendan Eich in his 10-day May 1995 sprint. For all of 1995 and most of 1996, Eich was the the only Netscape developer working full-time on the JavaScript engine.
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Feb 21, 2018 · When Netscape hired Brendan Eich in April 1995, he was told that he had ten days to create and produce a working prototype of a programming language that would run in Netscape’s browser. Download chapter PDF