Why did JavaScript come into the picture? Need of JavaScript

Javascript is the most popular Language on Earth. The reason is that Javascript is a very Versatile Language and there are many use cases of Javascript in the coding World like Managing the Backends of the Website, Creating a Dynamic front end, Create Mobile Apps, Creating Server-Side Logic and many more.

History of JavaScript

JavaScript is developed by Brendan Eich in 1995 with the name of Mocha after that this NetScape handled this language and named as LiveScript. Later It is named as JavaScript.

Need of JavaScript

To make the Website Dynamic then coders need a language and from this point JavaScript Evolve.

5 Interesting Facts about JavaScript

1. JavaScript is Developed only in 10 days.

2. JavaScript was first named Mocha.

3. The NaN type in JavaScript is a type of Number. Don’t believe me? Go type this in the console.

    typeof(NaN)
   

4. JavaScript is 100% backward compatible. This means that the JavaScript code written in 1990 will still run without any problems today.

5. Many people think that JavaScript is developed by Java but it is not true. Actually, in the late 90s, Java was the most popular language and to do marketing the company name JavaScript as JavaScript.