A Brief History of JavaScript by the Creator of JavaScript




For his 3rd dotJS appearance, Brendan give us insights into the process of standardisation of JavaScript at TC39, then covers some of the features of ES Next, and reminds us once again why we should always bet on JS.

EVENT:

dotJS 2017

SPEAKER:

Brendan Eich

PERMISSIONS:

dotConference Organizer provided Coding Tech with the permission to republish this video.

CREDITS:

dotJS: https://www.dotconferences.com/2017/12/brendan-eich-a-brief-history-of-javascript

Additional material for JavaScript learners:
https://amzn.to/2JrUINQ Eloquent JavaScript, 3rd Edition: A Modern Introduction to Programming
https://amzn.to/2HwAMYd Simplifying JavaScript: Writing Modern JavaScript with ES5, ES6, and Beyond
https://amzn.to/2Cq5bmL JavaScript: JavaScript Programming.A Step-by-Step Guide for Absolute Beginners
https://amzn.to/2uhIvAP How JavaScript Works
https://amzn.to/2CwS2bU The Modern JavaScript Collection

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27 responses to “A Brief History of JavaScript by the Creator of JavaScript”

  1. ah javascript. I remember learning html and css with same ease as I learned korean alphabet, w/o ever really trying. then I run into js, and was like "what the f is this?". since I couldn't just look at js and figure it out, I gave up on it. then I run into php and mysql, and it was just as easy as html and css. I thought to my self, must be that js is the odd one out. it took me years to finally decide to look up some js tutorials, so glad I did, it's such fun language. currently learning node. I've decided to make a career switch and become a programmer. been learning js on and off for two years now, now that I got downsized, I finally have time for it, and whenever i learn something new, I'm more in love with it. few months ago I was watching a video about all the mistakes in js, but it turns out, I already knew all of the outcomes that video was trying to convey as super weirdness.

  2. He misses out the bit where Netscape faxed its proposal to adopt JavaScript as a W3C standard at the same time that Netscape issued the press release announcing Javascript and that it had been proposed as a standard. Not exactly the most honest or ethical approach to consensus standards making.

    Also, Microsoft's initial skepticism was largely driven by the fact that at the time Netscape Navigator crashed most of the time anyone tried to use it.

  3. I wish someone more competent had made web script. Whatever script happened to be implemented was guaranteed monopoly. He ain't wrong we are not going to get rid of Javascript any time soon. Oh well…

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