The Weird History of JavaScript

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Python, Ruby & scripting languagesother

Why the open web links it

Traces JavaScript's evolution from a Netscape experiment to the world's most popular programming language.

Linked by 7 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including awwwards.com, lmu.edu, bcd.dev, emeraldskygroup.com, happyteam.io.