A timeline of JavaScript's history

#737 — May 23, 2025 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly A Brief History of JavaScript — JavaScript (originally named LiveScript) turns thirty years old this year and the Deno team has put together a fantastic timeline-based tour of how much things have progressed from its first appearance in Netscape Navigator, through offshoots like JScript, standardization, and the introduction of Node.js, all the way through to the modern day. The Deno Team 2x-40x Faster Docker Builds with Blacksmith — With a one-line code change, Blacksmith can make your Docker builds incremental by mounting your Docker layer cache into your GitHub Actions runner. Blacksmith is used by 600+ companies like Ashby, Clerk, and Mintlify. Blacksmith sponsor ⚡ Announcing TypeScript Native Previews — Earlier this year, Anders Hejlsberg teased a 10x faster TypeScript through efforts being made to port the TypeScript compiler to Go, enabling it to be compiled and run natively, as well as take advantage of more concurrency. The good news is you can now give it a.. go for yourself. Microsoft ▶ An Introduction to JavaScript Frameworks — The creator of SolidJS has put together a tight 11-minute video boiling down the different approaches taken by React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, and Solid. Dense, but a great way to get a lay of the land. Ryan Carniato IN BRIEF: Ryan Dahl responds to recent community chatter about the state of the Deno project in 'Reports of Deno's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated'. Guess the Output is a fun multi-choice JavaScript quiz to put your knowledge to the test. Each answer is explained as you go. A look at the agenda for next week's TC39 meeting, including the proposals up for discussion. React Router now has preview support for React Server Components. RELEASES: Node.js v24.1.0 (Current) and v22.16.0 (LTS) Bun v1.2.14 – The fast JS runtime & toolkit. Slonik v48 – Node.js Postgres client with runtime & build time type safety. Zod v4, Astro 5.8, ESLint v9.27.0

May 23, 2025 - 16:30

#737 — May 23, 2025

JavaScript Weekly

A Brief History of JavaScript — JavaScript (originally named LiveScript) turns thirty years old this year and the Deno team has put together a fantastic timeline-based tour of how much things have progressed from its first appearance in Netscape Navigator, through offshoots like JScript, standardization, and the introduction of Node.js, all the way through to the modern day.

The Deno Team

2x-40x Faster Docker Builds with Blacksmith — With a one-line code change, Blacksmith can make your Docker builds incremental by mounting your Docker layer cache into your GitHub Actions runner. Blacksmith is used by 600+ companies like Ashby, Clerk, and Mintlify.

Blacksmith sponsor

⚡ Announcing TypeScript Native Previews — Earlier this year, Anders Hejlsberg teased a 10x faster TypeScript through efforts being made to port the TypeScript compiler to Go, enabling it to be compiled and run natively, as well as take advantage of more concurrency. The good news is you can now give it a.. go for yourself.

Microsoft

▶ An Introduction to JavaScript Frameworks — The creator of SolidJS has put together a tight 11-minute video boiling down the different approaches taken by React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, and Solid. Dense, but a great way to get a lay of the land.

Ryan Carniato

IN BRIEF:

Ryan Dahl responds to recent community chatter about the state of the Deno project in 'Reports of Deno's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated'.
Guess the Output is a fun multi-choice JavaScript quiz to put your knowledge to the test. Each answer is explained as you go.
A look at the agenda for next week's TC39 meeting, including the proposals up for discussion.
React Router now has preview support for React Server Components.

RELEASES:

Node.js v24.1.0 (Current) and v22.16.0 (LTS)
Bun v1.2.14 – The fast JS runtime & toolkit.
Slonik v48 – Node.js Postgres client with runtime & build time type safety.
Zod v4, Astro 5.8, ESLint v9.27.0