Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript as Open Cross-Platform Scripting Language for Web Development
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Summary
Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems announced JavaScript on December 4, 1995, as an open, cross-platform object scripting language for enterprise networks and the Internet. The language is designed to complement Java for easy online application development, with 28 industry-leading companies endorsing JavaScript. The announcement positions JavaScript as a scripting language that enables non-programmers to create dynamic online applications, while Java serves as a more complex programming language for professional developers. The partnership aims to establish JavaScript as a standard for web development.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledNetscape Communications Corporation and Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced JavaScript, an open, cross-platform object scripting language for enterprise networks and the Internet.
JavaScript is designed as an open, cross-platform object scripting language that is complementary to and integrated with Java.
JavaScript is an easy-to-use object scripting language designed for creating live online applications that link together objects and resources on both clients and servers.
28 industry-leading companies to endorse JavaScript as a complement to Java for easy online application development.
JavaScript is intended for use by HTML authors and enterprise application developers who are not necessarily Java programmers.
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