Wonders of Java Script



(Reading time : 1 min)


Java script is one of the most commonly used scripting languages in the world. It is used in the client side to add behavior to HTML(Hyper Text Markup Language) Websites . It falls under the category of High Level programming languages that are interpreted. Java Script which is abbreviated as JS is dynamic, weakly typed and also prototype based. In world wide web (WWW) content engineering, along with Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets(CSS) , JS is considered of higher importance . JS supports event driven , functional programming style.

JS since its inception has played a vital role in dynamic web content production.It supports in making highly responsive interfaces that support to improve user experience . Information that needs to be updated frequently can be edited without hassle with the use of JS for example , in a website that shows cricket match scores or election vote results.

This scripting language has gone through many versions of standardization. In November 1996, Netscape submitted JavaScript to Ecma International to carve out a standard specification for JS so that every web designer could follow the same standards when scripting . Then the  "ECMA Script" often abbreviated as "ES" was born.
So far nearly 9 releases have been made and the latest being ECMAScript 8 which was released back in June 2017.Every year, some changes were introduced to how the standards are to be followed when using Java Script .




Comments