Reason Behind "JavaScript" is Called "JavaScript" When it has nothing to do with Java.

in #technology8 years ago (edited)

Not to be mistaken for Java, "JavaScript" is one of the world's most well known and capable scripting dialect that lives inside HTML records and can give levels of intelligence to website pages that are not achievable with straightforward HTML. 


Anyway, if "JavaScript" has nothing to do with "Java", at that point why does it have "Java" in the name? How did JavaScript get its name? 


JavaScript was initially  created by Brendan Eich of Netscape, Inc. under the name Mocha, which was later renamed to LiveScript, lastly to JavaScript. LiveScript was the official name for the dialect when it initially delivered in beta arrivals of Netscape Pilot 2.0 in September 1995. Be that as it may, it was renamed JavaScript in a joint declaration with Sun Microsystems on December 4, 1995, when it was introduced in the Netscape program adaptation 2.0B3. 


In a meeting, Eich had stated, "The truth is out. It was all inside six months from May until December (1995) that it was Mocha and after that LiveScript. And after that toward the beginning of December, Netscape and Sun did a permit understanding and it progressed toward becoming JavaScript. Also, the thought was to make it an integral scripting dialect to run with Java, with the accumulated dialect." 

The change of name from LiveScript to JavaScript around matched with Netscape including support for Java innovation in its Netscape Pilot web program. At the point when the last name was chosen, it caused disarray and gave the feeling that it was a promoting ploy by Netscape proposed to make individuals think JavaScript really had something to do with Java. It has likewise been asserted that the dialect's name is the aftereffect of a co-advertising bargain amongst Netscape and Sun, in return for Netscape packaging Sun's Java runtime with their then-predominant program. 


As indicated by this public statement, JavaScript's outline was "reciprocal to and incorporated with Java" It likewise turns out JavaScript really can connect with applets, as well.

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Great article man :)

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That explains a lot. In my opinion JavaScript is waaay better name than LiveScript. I'm not sure why, but it's just better. There's only problem that some people gets confused about this "Java" part. Thanks for post!

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Its cool you post this, many people think they are the same. Hey checkout my posts too, its about programming language and soon i will post about games too. Im developer.

It's certainly nice to know the little bit of history behind these similarly named languages. Thanks for sharing :)

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