JavaScript

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JavaScript is a scripting language introduced by the Netscape Corporation in 1996. It is by now the standard scripting language for the Web.

History

The language was developed by Brandon Eich under the name Mocha, and was later officially called LiveScript.

The name changed JavaScript for Navigator 2.0. Sun (owners of the Java trademark) gave permission to use.

Versions

Language Version Date Product Version Conformance
Netscape Mozilla
JavaScript 1.0 Mar 1996 Navigator 2.x
JavaScript 1.1 Aug 1996 Navigator 3.x
JavaScript 1.2 Jun 1997 Communicator 4.0 - 4.05
JavaScript 1.3 Oct 1998 Communicator 4.06 and later ECMA-262 1st & 2nd edition
JavaScript 1.4 1999 Netscape Server
JavaScript 1.5 Nov 2000 Communicator 6.0 Gecko 1.8, Mozilla 1.0 ECMA-262 3rd edition
JavaScript 1.6 Nov 2005 Firefox 1.5
JavaScript 1.7 Oct 2006 Navigator 9 Firefox 2
JavaScript 1.8 Jun 2008 Firefox 3
JavaScript 1.8.1 Jun 2009 Gecko 1.9.1, Firefox 3.5
JavaScript 1.8.2 2009 Firefox 3.6
JavaScript 1.8.5 2010 Gecko 2, Firefox 4 ECMA-262 Edition 5

OS/2 Implementations

WinOS/2 Implementations

  • Netscape Navigator

Publications