Netscape Navigator 2.0 (1995) introduced the first version of JavaScript (then called LiveScript), famously created in a hurry for that release.

JavaScript: The Web Never Forgets

From a ten-day hack at Netscape to a chokehold by Chrome V8, JavaScript has lurched from frantic prototype to global standard—scars and all.

June 30, 2025 · 25 min · Vladimir Cvetić