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The surprising reason JavaScript is the best language for beginners

For many reasons, including those I’ve already covered, JavaScript is a very popular programming language. In fact, according ...

JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Thirty years ago, Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduced JavaScript as a new, cross-platform scripting language for ...

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

“Bill Gates was bitching about us changing JS all the time,” Eich later recalled of the fall of 1996. Microsoft created its ...
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JavaScript in Java

The recent JavaLobby post The Top 10 Unused Features in Java has been extremely popular. At the time of this writing, it is the top ranked post in the DZone Top Links category. In addition a reply to ...
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What is JavaScript? The full-stack programming language

JavaScript is the most in-demand programming language for developer jobs and one of the most versatile languages for full-stack development. Here's what you need to know about JavaScript. JavaScript ...
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How to solve JavaScript and Java performance issues

Java and JavaScript are the most popular programming languages by most metrics, in no small part because they're widely taught and allow for rapid and stable development. But JavaScript and Java ...
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How Does Java Work?

Released in 1995, the philosophy behind Java is "write once, run anywhere." In other words, a program written in Java can theoretically run on any machine that supports it. While the implementation ...