About a year and half after JavaScript’s release, Microsoft’s IE team took the language and started making its own implementations known as JScript. Eich, however, decided that Java was too complicated with all its rules and so set out to create a simpler language that was beginner-friendly.Īfter JavaScript/Mocha was complete, the marketing team of Netscape requested Sun Microsystems to allow them to name it JavaScript as a marketing stunt and hence why most people who have never used JavaScript think it’s related to Java. It was renamed four months later to LiveScript, then ultimately became JavaScript.īrendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript, was asked to develop a language that resembled Java (Java was a very popular language then and still is) for the web. Also, JavaScript was originally named Mocha, a name chosen by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen. It’s important to note that JavaScript came before ECMAscript. A Little History on JavaScript and ECMAScript
This post covers the features introduced in ES2021 and also the history of JavaScript and ECMAScript.īefore we jump right into discussing the new ES12 features, let’s take time to shed some light on one of the problems new JavaScript developers have, which is the difference between JavaScript and ECMAScript.
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