Chapter 1. JavaScript and MooTools
Before we begin our exploration of how to get the most out of JavaScript using the powerful MooTools framework, let's focus a little on JavaScript and MooTools individually. We'll also talk about the JavaScript developer's toolkit, and what you need to develop applications in JavaScript.
JavaScript
JavaScript started out as a small language called Mocha, which was created by Brendan Eich back in May of 1995. Mocha was designed for scripting web pages, and the plan was to bundle it with Netscape's Navigator browser. Before the browser's release, though, Netscape acquired a trademark license from Sun Microsystems to use the name "Java" and the language was renamed to JavaScript. This move was somewhat political on ...
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