History of JavaScript

• After the WWW invention, people started publishing public web pages with static content and hyperlinks via the Web 1.0 concept.
• Also, programmers started developing web browsers.
• A Netscape Navigator browser version came with a new client-side scripting language to make static web pages dynamic. This scripting language was known as “LiveScript” in the first release, but later, the original author, Brendan Eich and Netscape changed its name to “JavaScript”.

The first JavaScript engine (Mocha)

• The mocha1995 GitHub repository lets you experiment with the first JavaScript engine on your browser via Emscripten.
• Unlike modern complex JavaScript engine source codes, the Mocha engine source code is so easy to understand.