JavaScript is a scripting language developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape. It was first called Mocha. Then the name changed to LiveScript, then later to JavaScript. It was first deployed in the Netscape browser in 1995 and was quickly established as a successful client-side scripting language for web pages. The success of JavaScript sparked Microsoft into creating a compatible dialect which they named J-Script. In 1996, Microsoft included Jscript in their release of Internet Explorer 3.0. Netscape submitted JavaScript to EMCA International for consideration to become industry standard and a standardized version, EMCAScript was introduced. [Read more...]
How does Web Development work?
March 4, 2011 By
Web development has provided us with the potential to engage in many different activities at the touch of a button. We can buy and sell products and services in an online shopping environment, book holidays, socialise with friends in other parts of the world, watch live news videos and stream football matches and even download our favourite tunes. Web development is the process of developing the applications that we use to engage in these activities. Web applications can be developed for desktop computers, laptops and mobile phones. [Read more...]