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Netscape 与 Sun 宣布 JavaScript（1995）
Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript (1995)
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这是 1995 年 Netscape 与 Sun 联合发布 JavaScript 的新闻稿存档（来自 Internet Archive）。稿件把 JavaScript 定位为一种易上手的脚本语言，用于在网页中做表单计算、操控 Java applet、以及在 Netscape 服务器（LiveWire）上运行服务端脚本。
为什么经久不衰：它是 JavaScript 诞生的一手文献，而稿中描绘的"Web 应用、服务端 JS、前后端共享代码"等愿景在二十多年后几乎一一兑现，读来像一份被验证的预言。
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新闻稿早已预见 Web 应用、服务端 JS 与前后端代码共享。
让我意外的是，他们对 JS 未来用途的预见比我以为的准确得多：稿中说 HTML 页面可以包含在客户端做贷款或汇率计算的"智能表单"，Java applet 可以被 JavaScript 脚本化，服务端脚本能从数据库取数据实时生成 HTML，同一份脚本还能同时跑在客户端和服务器上。我们通常以为 JS 起初只是给 HTML 页面动态显示/隐藏元素、加点动画；但这里描述的正是今天的"Web 应用"，甚至是用 JS 写的 Web 服务器，还谈到了类似 React 混合模式的前后端代码共享。我不知道这些在它诞生之初就已被想到。补充：显然他们当时就已在服务器上跑 JS——Netscape LiveWire 能让 JavaScript 程序在 Netscape 服务器上安装、运行和管理。
brundolf查看英文原文
What stands out to me is how much more foresight they had than I'd thought about the ways JS would be used: > With JavaScript, an HTML page might contain an intelligent form that performs loan payment or currency exchange calculations right on the client in response to user input. A multimedia weather forecast applet written in Java can be scripted by JavaScript to display appropriate images and sounds based on the current weather readings in a region. A server-side JavaScript script might pull data out of a relational database and format it in HTML on the fly. A page might contain JavaScript scripts that run on both the client and the server. We tend to think of JS as having started out as just a way to dynamically show/hide elements, maybe add an animation or two, on top of fundamentally HTML-based web pages. But I see here described what we now think of as "web apps", and even web servers (!) written in JS. They even talk about code-sharing on the front and back ends, a la React in hybrid-mode. I had no idea those things were in people's minds at its inception. Edit: Apparently they already ran JS on the server! I had no idea > Netscape LiveWire enables JavaScript programs to be installed, run and managed on Netscape servers
质疑 Java/JavaScript 的命名以及"脚本操控 Java 对象"的集成是否真实现过。
我还是不明白为什么给 JavaScript 安上"Java"这个名字，两门语言毫不相干。稿中说 JavaScript 脚本可用来修改 Java 对象的属性和行为，从而让动态呈现信息、与用户交互的在线应用范围"几乎不受限制"。这种程度的集成真的实现过吗？Java applet 真有 JS API 吗？还是只是企业话术。
overkill28查看英文原文
I still don't know why they stuck the "Java" name on JavaScript. Very confusing when the two languages are completely unrelated. > Java programs and JavaScript scripts are designed to run on both clients and servers, with JavaScript scripts used to modify the properties and behavior of Java objects, so the range of live online applications that dynamically present information to and interact with users over enterprise networks or the Internet is virtually unlimited. Was this level of integration ever achieved? Did Java applets actually have a JS API? Or is this just corporate double speak.
个人回忆：JS 出现前只有静态 HTML 和 Java Applet，JS 带来了革命性体验。
我十二三岁时买了本叫 DHTML（动态 HTML）的书，看到光靠代码就能让东西在屏幕上移动，惊为天人。我 10 岁学纯 HTML，做的网站全是静态的（顶多有一两个 GIF 动画）；想做酷炫菜单、特效或动画，只能用 Java Applet——我还是通过 ICQ 上的在线课程学的 Java，没有比这更 90 年代的了。从我写下第一个 alert('hello') 起就和 JS 相爱，祝它生日快乐，再活很多年。
atum47查看英文原文
I bought a book, when I was about 12-15 years old, called DHTML (Dynamic HTML). It blew my mind to see things moving across the screen with just code. Keep in mind that I learned pure html when I was 10, my websites were all very static (apart from a animated GIF here and there). The only way you could do a cool menu, effect or animation, was with Java Applet (which I learned after purchasing a online Java course that was taught over ICQ - it doesn't get more 90's than that). I have this love relationship with javascript ever since I wrote my first "alert('hello')" and I wish it a happy birthday with many more years to come.
拿稿中"JS 像 Visual Basic"的定位对照 25 年后的现实，感慨变化之大。
稿中说 JavaScript 类似 Visual Basic，让几乎没有编程经验的人也能快速构建复杂应用；又说脚本可在客户端和服务器运行、用来修改 Java 对象的属性和行为，让动态交互应用的范围"几乎不受限制"。25 年过去，JS 走了很远 :-)
newyorker2查看英文原文
> JavaScript is analogous to Visual Basic in that it can be used by people with little or no programming experience to quickly construct complex applications. >JavaScript scripts are designed to run on both clients and servers, with JavaScript scripts used to modify the properties and behavior of Java objects, so the range of live online applications that dynamically present information to and interact with users over enterprise networks or the Internet is virtually unlimited. JS has come a long way in 25 years :-)
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