num_pages: 53
description: Whats next for JavaScript? Its phenomenal rise from a simple client-side scripting tool to a versatile and flexible programming language exceeded everyones expectations. Now hopes and expectations for JavaScripts future are considerable.In this insightful report Dr. Axel Rauschmayer explains how the combination of several technologies and opportunities in the past 15 years turned JavaScripts fortunes. With that as a backdrop he provides a detailed look at proposed new features and fixes in the next version ECMAScript.next and then presents his own JavaScript wish listsuch as an integrated IDE.
language: English
title: The Past Present and Future of JavaScript
publisher: O'Reilly Media