What Is JavaScript?

JavaScript consistently ranks highly among the most popular programming languages, and you can find it used for everything from web, mobile, and game development to virtual reality and artificial intelligence. It's a great addition to your tech stack — whether you're just learning how to code or you're an experienced programmer — and we'll show you why.

In this video, you'll learn about JavaScript's origins and development, some of its common uses, and its popularity in software development. We'll also explore client- and server-side programming, the differences between Java and JavaScript, and how to tell if the company you want to work for uses it.

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[ag]

Loved the video and the history behind JS and then overall why it's used helps conceptually

[DrNecdetKarakaya]

As someone who wants to learn Javascript, I can say that it is very useful for me. Thank you.

[sahilshinde]

Thank you very much for this video, you guys need to do these kind of videos more often

[cecilewusie]

This is very descriptive, your scenarios made it easy for understanding. Thanks

[dmdennislive]

Great video and great information, thank you! Only thing I would suggest is, to check the sound, I had to increase my volume a lot, to understand you well. :)

[brontobytesdm]

yes netscape would crash windows, I installed it to save my resume in html and I had to restore my windows 95 install from a hard drive clone. they played dirty and I think they got sued as well. I really liked netscape as a browser.

[brontobytesdm]

hmmm netflix cant seam to sync the words with the mouth movements, probably because they offer many languages for Audio. I think the original language should be embedded so that can NEVER EVER happy because nothing is more aggravating to have movie night and the guys lips move first then sound comes.

[saeedtalib]

We thought JavaScript is disabled people who are sharing connections. Lol