JavaScript history

3 videos across 2 channels

From a rough around the edges scripting language to the backbone of the modern web, its history unfolds through minification, bundling, and the rise of single-page apps. The videos trace pivotal shifts—Jeremy Ashkenas and CoffeeScript, the explosion of tooling, and the turning point brought by Webpack and modern frameworks—that show how language innovations and developer tooling transformed what runs in the browser.