![]() ![]() In a way, this was a two-sided effort: on one hand, it was an attempt to keep implementors in check (i.e., keeping implementations compatible), and it was also a way for other players to be part of the development process without leaving room for classic "embrace, extend, extinguish" schemes.Ī major milestone was finally reached in 1999 when ECMAScript 3 was released. Time showed, however, that people wanted to do much more with it.Ī year after its release in 1995 Netscape took JavaScript to ECMA, a standards organization, to create a standard for JavaScript. ![]() It was meant to be a simple scripting language for the Web, one that could be used for animations, preliminary form checks and dynamic pages. As we explained in detail in our JavaScript history piece, JavaScript was originally conceived as a "glue" programming language for designers and amateur programmers. ![]()
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