History of JavaScript

I am going to start off this post with a site that I came across. The videos are very interesting and to me they are worth the time it takes to watch them. The site is http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-javascript-programming-language-through-video-lectures/ . He has an interesting way of explain JavaScript.

JavaScript was developed in 1992 by Jim Gosling. He gave it the name of C++++ as it was to be the successor to the language C++. His friends told him that he needed to rename the program so he named it Oak because of a tree outside his window. It was used in interacting television but the company failed. Gosling and his associates decided that the program needed a new name so they named it Java. Then in 1995 it was renamed to HOT JAVA to be used in browsers.

Eich at Netscape was developing program called LiveScript which used JavaScript language in it. Microsoft wanted in on the language, so Gosling teamed up with Microsoft in 1996 and the program received the name JScript.

The program had security problems that needed to be addressed and worked on. The problems with JavaScript finally needed a debugging setup so that it would work correctly in different browsers.

I think that JavaScript will continue to grow and evolve right along with the browsers growing and changing.

I am afraid at this point I don’t care where JavaScript is going, but that is just because I am having a hard time understanding and making it work correctly.