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 | Netscape Product Version | Conformance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Mozilla Firefox 1.0 |
ECMA-262 3rd edition |
| JavaScript 1.6 | Nov 2005 | Mozilla Firefox 1.5 | |
| JavaScript 1.7 | Oct 2006 | Mozilla Firefox 2 | |
| JavaScript 1.8 | Jun 2008 | Mozilla Firefox 3 | |
| JavaScript 1.8.1 | Jun 2009 | Mozilla Firefox 3.5 | |
| JavaScript 1.8.2 | 2009 | Mozilla Firefox 3.6 | |
| JavaScript 1.8.5 | 2010 | Mozilla Firefox 4 | ECMA-262 Edition 5 |
OS/2 Implementations
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