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JavaScript was created in 1995 by Brendan Eich at Netscape in just ten days, originally called Mocha, then LiveScript, and finally renamed JavaScript. It started as a way to make web pages interactive and has since grown into one of the most important programming languages in the world.

--The Beginning (1995)

In the early 1990s, websites were very basic — they only showed text and images using HTML. Netscape, a popular browser company, wanted to make web pages more interactive. They hired Brendan Eich, who created a new scripting language in May 1995. At first, it was called Mocha, then renamed LiveScript, and finally became JavaScript.…