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JavaScript Features Evolution

JavaScript is a lightweight, object-based scripting language primarily used for creating interactive web pages, developed by Brendan Eich in 1995. Its key features include client-side execution, dynamic typing, and DOM manipulation, while its evolution includes significant updates like ECMAScript standards from ES1 to ES13. JavaScript is crucial for web development and is utilized in various applications, including mobile apps and games.

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JavaScript Features Evolution

JavaScript is a lightweight, object-based scripting language primarily used for creating interactive web pages, developed by Brendan Eich in 1995. Its key features include client-side execution, dynamic typing, and DOM manipulation, while its evolution includes significant updates like ECMAScript standards from ES1 to ES13. JavaScript is crucial for web development and is utilized in various applications, including mobile apps and games.

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JavaScript: Definition, Features and Evolution

What is JavaScript? Explain its features and evolution.

Definition:

JavaScript is a lightweight, object-based scripting language mainly used to make web pages interactive. It

runs on the client-side (inside the browser) and works with HTML and CSS. It was developed by Brendan

Eich at Netscape in 1995.

Features of JavaScript:

1. Client-Side Execution: Runs in the browser, improving speed.

2. Lightweight and Simple: Easy to learn with simple syntax.

3. Object-Based: Supports object usage.

4. Event-Driven: Responds to user actions like clicks and form submissions.

5. Dynamic Typing: No fixed data types for variables.

6. Platform-Independent: Works in any browser.

7. Interpreted Language: Executes line-by-line.

8. DOM Manipulation: Can change HTML/CSS content dynamically.

9. Supports Functional/Event-Driven Programming: Enables use of functions and callbacks.

10. Integrated with HTML/CSS: Enhances webpage functionality and design.

Evolution of JavaScript:

- 1995: Original JavaScript by Brendan Eich.

- 1997: ECMAScript 1 - First standard.

- 1999: ES3 - Added regular expressions, try/catch.

- 2009: ES5 - Strict mode, JSON, array methods.


JavaScript: Definition, Features and Evolution

- 2015: ES6 - let/const, arrow functions, classes, promises, modules.

- 2016-2022: ES7 to ES13 - async/await, optional chaining, etc.

Conclusion:

JavaScript is essential for web development and is used in both client and server-side programming, mobile

apps, games, and more with tools like Node.js, React, and Angular.

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