
It means that a web page need not be a static HTML, but can include programs that interact with the user, control the browser, and dynamically create HTML content. The script should be included in or referenced by an HTML document for the code to be interpreted by the browser. Complementary to and integrated with HTML.Ĭlient-side JavaScript is the most common form of the language.
Complementary to and integrated with Java. Designed for creating network-centric applications. JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language. The ECMA-262 Specification defined a standard version of the core JavaScript language. The general-purpose core of the language has been embedded in Netscape, Internet Explorer, and other web browsers. JavaScript made its first appearance in Netscape 2.0 in 1995 with the name LiveScript. JavaScript was first known as LiveScript, but Netscape changed its name to JavaScript, possibly because of the excitement being generated by Java. It is an interpreted programming language with object-oriented capabilities. It is lightweight and most commonly used as a part of web pages, whose implementations allow client-side script to interact with the user and make dynamic pages. JavaScript is a dynamic computer programming language.