JavaScript
Introduction
JavaScript a scripting language originally developed by Netscape. It is nothing related to
Java. It is named so purely because of marketing issues. Its Microsoft fork is known as JScript. It is widely used because of its simplity and strength, and is already one of the
WebStandards. The
JavaScript standard, known as
ECMAScript, is standardized by Ecma International. (
JavaScript is a superset of ECMAScript, with only mild differences.)
Although the most common host environment for
JavaScript is web browsers, the language can also be used in the server-side. For instance,
ASP? 4.0 allows programmer to choose either to use VBScript or
JavaScript. Of course, there exists more powerful server-side scripting languages, e.g.
ASP?,
JSP,
PHP, etc.
Currently
Mozilla is working on
JavaScript 2.0, a superset of ECMAScript Edition 4.
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