Here's what you need to know about JavaScript. JavaScript is a wildly popular interpreted scripting language that was the most in-demand language of 2023, with 29% of job offers requiring ...

are fully supported by the language, which is why the web is so responsive today compared to 15 years ago. In most instances, JavaScript is known as a client-side script. That means it relies ...

The growing up of JavaScript is leading to a collision of sorts between the client and the server. Why use one scripting language on the client, and then a different scripting language on the server?

Brendan Eich created JavaScript, the popular scripting language being used to liven up Internet applications. Coupled with XML, JavaScript has become part of the AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and ...

In my last column, I wrote about what JavaScript is, and what it can and can’t do. This time around, it’s time to actually start working with code. It’s a long-standing tradition in the ...

JavaScript was originally thought of as a "Java side-kick scripting language", where all sophisticated programming tasks would be done via Java applets, according to Eich. But Eich says web ...

JavaScript had humble beginnings, emerging in 1995 as a "side-kick scripting language" to Java, which was where all the fancy programming tasks was meant to be done in Java applets. These days ...

CIO.com: What changes are you seeing in attitudes towards scripting (dynamic) languages? Boyd: The increased use of JavaScript for browser-based applications is sparking interest in JavaScript as ...

This malicious code, written in a scripting language like JavaScript or PHP, can do anything from vandalizing the website you’re trying to load to stealing your passwords or other login credentials.