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authorAdam Brenecki <adam@brenecki.id.au>2013-06-30 17:33:10 +0930
committerAdam Brenecki <adam@brenecki.id.au>2013-06-30 17:33:10 +0930
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Javascript was created by Netscape's Brendan Eich in 1995. It was originally
-intended as a simpler scripting language for web apps, complimenting Java for
-more complex ones, but has become far more widely used than Java on the web.
+intended as a simpler scripting language for websites, complimenting the use of
+Java for more complex web applications, but its tight integration with Web pages
+and built-in support in browsers has caused it to become far more common than
+Java in web frontends.
Feedback would be highly appreciated! You can reach me at
[@adambrenecki](https://twitter.com/adambrenecki), or
@@ -225,3 +227,11 @@ String.prototype.firstCharacter = function(){
"abc".firstCharacter() // = "a"
```
+
+## Further Reading
+
+The [Mozilla Developer
+Network](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript) provides
+excellent documentation for JavaScript as it's used in browsers. Plus, it's a
+wiki, so as you learn more you can help others out by sharing your own
+knowledge.