JavaScript turns 25: The programming language that makes the world go round

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JavaScript at 25: The programming language that makes the world go round
December 4, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/javas...mming-language-that-makes-the-world-go-round/

The programming language JavaScript emerged 25 years ago and has grown to become one of the most important pieces of the web and browser applications we use today.

JavaScript is the go-to language for front-end development and has spawned Microsoft's Typescript, a superset of JavaScript with a stronger optional type system for developers that compiles to JavaScript when run in the browser.
Both JavaScript and TypeScript conform to ECMAScript, the standard for JavaScript and node.js, the runtime for running applications outside of the browser thanks to Google's powerful V8 JavaScript engine.
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Jonathan Mills, another Pluralsight author, points out that JavaScript is no longer contained to the browser.

"Now JavaScript has grown into a massive ecosystem that has impact in every area of software development," he said.
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