A Brief History of JavaScript

JavaScript (which began as Netscape's Mocha) was created in 1995 by Brendan Eich to allow HTML developers to write scripts in their webpages. Read this article to learn about features and functionality that supported the early development of the language. These included a Java-like syntax, basic data types, and objects with classes.

The Good Parts

In Javascript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders. The best nature of Javascript is so effectively hidden that for many years the prevailing opinion of Javascript was that it was an unsightly, incompetent toy. My intention here is to expose the goodness in Javascript, an outstanding dynamic programming language...

Deep down, Javascript has more in common with Lisp and Scheme than with Java. It is Lisp in C's clothing.

- Douglas Crockford in Javascript: The Good Parts