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JavaScript was created by Brendan Eich in 1995 as a lightweight scripting language for web browsers and has evolved significantly since then. Key milestones include the establishment of ECMAScript in 1997 and the introduction of modern syntax in ES6 in 2015. Today, JavaScript remains the dominant web language, supporting various programming paradigms and frameworks.

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JavaScript was created by Brendan Eich in 1995 as a lightweight scripting language for web browsers and has evolved significantly since then. Key milestones include the establishment of ECMAScript in 1997 and the introduction of modern syntax in ES6 in 2015. Today, JavaScript remains the dominant web language, supporting various programming paradigms and frameworks.

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History of JavaScript

JavaScript was created by Brendan Eich in 1995 while working at Netscape.

It was designed as a lightweight scripting language for web browsers.

### Origins and Development:

- 1995: JavaScript (originally called Mocha, then LiveScript) was created in 10 days.

- 1996: Microsoft introduced JScript, a JavaScript variant for Internet Explorer.

- 1997: ECMAScript was established as the official standard (ECMA-262).

- 1999: ECMAScript 3 introduced regular expressions and better exception handling.

- 2009: ECMAScript 5 added JSON support and strict mode.

- 2015: ECMAScript 6 (ES6) introduced modern syntax like `let`, `const`, and arrow functions.

- 2020s-Present: JavaScript continues to evolve with annual ECMAScript updates.

### Key Features:

- Dynamic and interpreted language

- Event-driven, supporting asynchronous programming

- Runs in browsers and on servers (Node.js)

- Supports object-oriented, functional, and procedural paradigms

### Present and Future:

JavaScript remains the dominant web language, powering client-side and server-side applications.

With frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue, JavaScript continues to shape the modern web.

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