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A Brief History of JavaScript

History of JavaScript:

JavaScript often abbreviated as Js,is a programming language that's one of the core technologies of the world wide Web, alongside HTML and CSS. JavaScript was invented by Brendan Eich in the year 1995. It was developed by Netscape 2 and became the ECMA-262 Standard in 1997.

JavaScript is one of the most popular programming language that represents one of the three core languages used to develop websites, alongside HTML and CSS.
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Whereas HTML and CSS give a website structure and style, JavaScript lets you add functionality and behaviors to your website. This allows visitors to interact with your website in various creative ways.

JavaScript is a programming language that lets web developers design interactive sites. Most of the dynamic behavior you'll see on a web page is thanks to JavaScript, which augments a browser's default controls and behaviors. Meaning without Js our website with forever and infinitely be static

How JavaScript works

Uses of JavaScript in encapsulation:

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Since we've walked through the history and overview of JavaScript it's now time to take on the race in getting started learning JavaScript

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