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Part 3: DOM, Event Flow, Timers & Browser APIs (104 - 173)

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JavaScript Internals (521 Qs)•Part 3: DOM, Event Flow, Timers & Browser APIs (104 - 173)

Who created javascript

JavaScript was created by Brendan Eich in 1995 during his time at Netscape Communications. Initially it was developed under the name Mocha, but later the language was officially called LiveScript when it first shipped in beta releases of Netscape.

Practical Code Example

javascript
// JavaScript was created in May 1995 by Brendan Eich at Netscape Communications:
const languageInfo = {
  creator: 'Brendan Eich',
  createdInDays: 10,
  initialName: 'Mocha',
  secondName: 'LiveScript',
  finalName: 'JavaScript'
};
console.log(languageInfo.creator); // 'Brendan Eich'