One language that was prominent in our class was Javascript. Javascript came about from Brendan Eich who was hired by Netscape in early 1995. It was Netscape's desire to make Javascript support more accessible to non-Javascript programmers. This language was originally called LiveScript but on December 4th, 1995 Netscape and Sun Microsystems officially named this web programming language Javascript. Javascript should not be confused with Java, which is a totally different language.
What made Javascript so great is no special compilers were needed to make this programming language work. All that was needed was a word processing program and an FTP program. Javascript offered great possibilities to web pages. Instead of boring, static web pages Javascript offered new life to web pages in the form of animations and interactions with the user.
Read more about the history of Javascript here.
I learned quite a bit about the Javascript language in IS 449. In the beginning Javascript gave me many gray hairs but once I became acquainted with the basic syntax of the language it was not so bad after all. The Javascript syntax is very similar to C++. Javascript does offer a great set of tools to a web designer who wants to add excitement to their web pages.
Yeah You are quite right in the sense that it is kind a similar to other programming languages..before you start it all you need to know is object orientation concepts (OOPS)
ReplyDeleteJavascript was very difficult. I also hated C++, I have a tough time working with programming because it is so diffuclt to format. But glad your getting better at it.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is very similar to other programing languages. I also think that it's a great language to use to tie in html and other OO languages. It was tough for me as well, but I think that I'm getting the hang of it now, and with time and practice we'll only get better.
ReplyDeleteIf a person can understand Javascript, you have a solid foundation for nearly every other language out there. It is really quite ingenious, but I wonder why javascript really became the dominant language for web development?
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