🧵 …in addition to the above toot, the history of JavaScript and how it was cobbled together in a short time as well as named in marketing terms.

»In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet.
Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.«

🟨 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/in-1995-a-netscape-employee-wrote-a-hack-in-10-days-that-now-runs-the-internet/

#javascript #webdev #netscape #coding #js #web #code #internet

🧵 …in addition to the above toot, the history of JavaScript and how it was cobbled together in a short time as well as named in marketing terms.

»In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet.
Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.«

🟨 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/in-1995-a-netscape-employee-wrote-a-hack-in-10-days-that-now-runs-the-internet/

#javascript #webdev #netscape #coding #js #web #code #internet

30 years ago today "Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript" — Netscape Press Release (4. Dec. 1995)
🟨 https://web.archive.org/web/20070916144913/http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease67.html

Did you know the everyday word “JavaScript” is actually owned as a trademark by Oracle?
🟨 https://javascript.tm

(Sun Microsystems, Inc. was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2010)

#javascript #sun #oracle #netscape #js #webdev #web #coding #code

🟡⚫ A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours
by Kevin Powell @kevinpowell
at @piccalilli

#css #Colors #webdev

Part 1: https://piccalil.li/blog/a-pragmatic-guide-to-modern-css-colours-part-one/
Part 2: https://piccalil.li/blog/a-pragmatic-guide-to-modern-css-colours-part-two/

🟡⚫ A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours
by Kevin Powell @kevinpowell
at @piccalilli

#css #Colors #webdev

Part 1: https://piccalil.li/blog/a-pragmatic-guide-to-modern-css-colours-part-one/
Part 2: https://piccalil.li/blog/a-pragmatic-guide-to-modern-css-colours-part-two/