In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

“Bill Gates was bitching about us changing JS all the time,” Eich later recalled of the fall of 1996. Microsoft created its ...
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The surprising reason JavaScript is the best language for beginners

Quirks aside, JS is the most accessible language to learn.

JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Thirty years ago, Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduced JavaScript as a new, cross-platform scripting language for ...

Critical vulnerability in React JS framework has a near 100% chance to be exploited

Researchers have uncovered a critical security flaw that could have catastrophic consequences for web and private cloud ...
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An introduction to property-based testing using fast-check and JavaScript

How I rapidly generate thousands of tests to catch stealthy bugs ...

Critical React, Next.js flaw lets hackers execute code on servers

A maximum severity vulnerability, dubbed 'React2Shell', in the React Server Components (RSC) 'Flight' protocol allows remote ...

Why Anthropic Bought Bun, a High-Speed Runtime to Power Claude Tools and Dev Agents

Anthropic’s purchase of Bun focuses on fast runtimes with single-binary deploys and Node.js compatibility, helping teams run ...
Wired

I Turned Off JavaScript for a Whole Week and It Was Glorious

There's another web out there, a better web hiding just below the surface of the one we surf from our phones and tablets and laptops every day. A web with no ads, no endlessly scrolling pages, and no ...