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History of JavaScript: Evolution and Modern Features

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JavaScript has played a crucial role as one of today’s most popular programming languages. It powers nearly all websites, web applications, and even a few servers. Therefore, by understanding how JavaScript has evolved over time, both beginner programmers and more experienced programmers can appreciate the current capabilities of this language and see why there is such a high demand for it in the software development community. 1. The Beginning of JavaScript Brendan Eich created the JavaScript programming language in 1995 while working for Netscape Communications Corporation in California. Originally called Mocha and live script, the programming language was ultimately named JavaScript. The purpose of JavaScript was to allow web authors to create interactive websites for users via their web browsers. The early version of this language was very simplistic and utilitarian; they were limited to filling out forms or creating clickable buttons to trigger some sort of action. 2. The Standard...

Learn Coding for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Choose Your First Programming Language If you’re a beginner to programming, choose a language that is good for beginners based on your goals. What Are Some Popular Languages for Beginners? Python is easy to read/write and used for building websites, creating artificial intelligence, doing data analysis, writing automation scripts, and creating development scripts. JavaScript runs in any browser and is essential for creating interactive web applications as well as for creating both back-end and front-end functionality in web applications. HTML and CSS are not technically “programming languages,” but they make up the building blocks of web pages by defining structure, layout, and appearance of content. Java is commonly used to develop applications that are big (like Enterprise level applications) and is also commonly used to create Android applications and back-end development of web applications. C# is the most commonly used language to create video games (using Unity3D) as well as...