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Timeline of JavaScript
Javascript
Creation
May 1994
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JavaScript created by Brendan Eich in Netscape under the name Mocha.
Name Change
September 1995
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Name change to LiveScript
Name Change
December 1995
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Name change to JavaScript
Microsoft
1996
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Microsoft introduces support for server-side scripting in JavaScript
Microsoft
1996
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Microsoft introduces Javascript (JScript) support in Internet Explorer 3.0
Version 1.1
1996
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Javascript 1.1 released
ECMA
1997
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Javascript taken to ECMA to create standardization (ECMAScript released)
Version 1.2
1997
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Javascript 1.2 released with Netscape 4.0
Version 1.4
1998
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Javascript 1.4 released
ECMAScript3
1999
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ECMAScript 3 released (the baseline for modern day Javascript)
Version 1.5
2000
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Javscript 1.5 released
Ajax
2005
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J.J. Garrett publishes Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
Rejoin
2005
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Brenden Eich and Mozilla rejoin ECMA
Version 1.6
2005
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Javascript 1.6 released
Version 1.7
2006
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JavaScript 1.7 released
Version 1.8
2008
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JavaScript 1.8 released
CommonJS
2009
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The CommonJS project founded with the goal of creating a common standard library for Javascript development outside the browser.
Version 1.8.2
2009
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Javascript 1.8.2 released
Version 1.8.5
2010
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Javascript 1.8.5 released with ECMAScript 5 compliance