script-a-brief-history">What is JavaScript? A Brief History</h2></a>
<p>JavaScript started as a simple scripting language available in browers.
When the language was first invented, writing more than a few dozen lines of JavaScript (JS) in a webpage would have been somewhat unusual.
Over time, though, JS became more common and web developers used more and more JS in their webpages to create interactive experiences.
Early web browsers executed JS very slowly and this sometimes led to laggy, unresponsive page