JavaScript

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

• Netscape Navigator
• Netscape Communicator

WinOS/2 Implementations

• Netscape Navigator

Publications

• Tim Ritchey: JavaScript For Netscape 2.0 - New Riders Publishing 1996, ISBN 1-56205-585-2
• Marc Johnson: JavaScript Manual of Style - Ziff-Davis Press 1996, ISBN 1-56276-423-3
• Mark Reynolds, Andrew Wooldridge: Using JavaScript - Que 1996, ISBN 0-7897-0789-6