
JavaScript
Brendan Eich · 1995
JavaScript is the de facto client-side language of the web — not because it was well-designed for beginners, but because it shipped fast, ran everywhere, and locked in a runtime model no site could ignore.

JavaScript is the de facto client-side language of the web — not because it was well-designed for beginners, but because it shipped fast, ran everywhere, and locked in a runtime model no site could ignore.