Can you believe that there was a time when websites were mostly static HTML pages with some clunky CGI scripts sprinkled in?
Everything changed in the mid-90s when a plucky engineer named Brendan Eich whipped up a little scripting language called JavaScript to add some spice to the newly released Netscape Navigator 2.0.
Little did Eich know at the time, but his two-week hack would grow up to become the most widely used programming language in the world.
Talk about an ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan!
I’m in awe of how JavaScript has evolved from its humble beginnings.
So let’s nerd out and walk through its origin story, fun facts, and transformative journey to global domination.