Morden Javascript Tutorial Chapter 1 - An Introduction
An Introduction to JavaScript Let’s see what’s so special about JavaScript, what we can achieve with it, and what other technologies play well with it. Why is it call JavaScript? JavaScript initially called “Live Script”. But Java was popular at that time, so it was decided that positioning a new language as a “younger brother” of Java would help. But as it evolved, JavaScript became a fully independent language with its won specification called ECMAScript, and now it has no relation to Java at all. ...