JavaScript is a scripting language most often used for client-side web development. Its proper name is ECMAScript, though 'JavaScript' is much more commonly used. JavaScript is actually Netscape Communications Corporation's (and now the Mozilla Foundation's) implementation of the ECMAScript standard, although it is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. It was used under license for technology invented and implemented by Netscape Communications and other entities.
JavaScript was influenced by many languages and was designed to have a similar look to Java, but be easier for non-programmers to work with. The language is best known for its use in websites (as client-side JavaScript), but is also used to enable scripting access to objects embedded in other applications. Despite the name, JavaScript is unrelated to the Java programming language; though both have a common debt to the C syntax. [more]
