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## JavaScript | ||
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JavaScript is the most widely used scripting language on Earth. And it has the largest library ecosystem of any programming language. | ||
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JavaScript is the core language of the web, and the only programming language that can run in all major web browsers. | ||
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The official name of JavaScript is ECMAScript defined under Standard <a href="https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm" target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>ECMA-262</a>. | ||
Notably, Javascript has no relation to Java. [JavaScript: The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language](http://www.crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html) | ||
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The official name of JavaScript is ECMAScript defined under Standard [ECMA-262](https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm) | ||
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If you want to learn more about the JavaScript language, and why it's so widely used, read Quincy Larson's <a href='https://medium.freecodecamp.org/what-programming-language-should-i-learn-first-%CA%87d%C4%B1%C9%B9%C9%94s%C9%90%CA%8C%C9%90%C9%BE-%C9%B9%C7%9D%CA%8Dsu%C9%90-19a33b0a467d' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>"Which programming language should I learn first?"</a> | ||
If you want to learn more about the JavaScript language, and why it's so widely used, read Quincy Larson's article - [Which programming language should I learn first?](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/what-programming-language-should-i-learn-first-%CA%87d%C4%B1%C9%B9%C9%94s%C9%90%CA%8C%C9%90%C9%BE-%C9%B9%C7%9D%CA%8Dsu%C9%90-19a33b0a467d) |