30 years ago today "Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript"

https://web.archive.org/web/20070916144913/http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease67.html

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andsoitis•1h ago

JavaScript is an easy-to-use object scripting language designed for creating live online applications that link together objects and resources on both clients and servers. While Java is used by programmers to create new objects and applets, JavaScript is designed for use by HTML page authors and enterprise application developers to dynamically script the behavior of objects running on either the client or the server. JavaScript is analogous to Visual Basic in that it can be used by people with little or no programming experience to quickly construct complex applications. JavaScript's design represents the next generation of software designed specifically for the Internet

dormento•1h ago

"Capital I" internet. Love this aesthetic.

tosti•43m ago

It still annoys me whenever the public internet known as the Internet is misspelled with a lower-case i.

DoctorOW•47m ago

“This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”

udev4096•40m ago

"30 years ago today netscape and sun killed the web"

le-mark•20m ago

It’s really hard to understand today the level of hype around Java and OOP in the 90s. The fact Netscape changed the name from Livescript to JavaScript may be an indicator. This was also peak Sun, they were really driving the web in this era.

dust42•4m ago

Netscape and Sun plan to propose JavaScript to the W3 Consortium (W3C) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as an open Internet scripting language standard. JavaScript will be an open, freely licensed proposed standard available to the entire Internet community. Existing Sun Java licensees will receive a license to JavaScript. In addition, Sun and Netscape intend to make a source code reference implementation of JavaScript available for royalty-free licensing, further encouraging its adoption as a standard in a wide variety of products.

The 90ies had quite a few pretty visionary people. CERN made the Web protocol and code available royalty free on 30 April 1993, enabling its widespread use.

At that time there were still CompuServe, AOL, Minitel and BTX around - not just walled gardens but walled worlds but a handful of people already saw and shaped the future...

znpy•3m ago

Another testament to how incredibly forward looking Sun Microsystems was. Truly a champion of open systems.

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30 years ago today "Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript"

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