Brendan Eich

Brendan Eich is an American computer programmer who created JavaScript, co-founded Mozilla, and briefly served as CEO of Mozilla Corporation.

Mitchell Baker: Mitchell Baker is an American lawyer and technology executive who helped lead Mozilla and served as its chief executive. As Mozilla’s longtime leader, Baker was central to the organization Eich co-founded.
JavaScript: JavaScript is a programming language used to create interactive behavior in web pages and other software. Eich’s best-known creation became a core language of the web.
JavaScript engine: A JavaScript engine is software that parses and executes JavaScript code. Engines turned Eich’s language into executable behavior across browsers and other platforms.
Java applet: A Java applet was a small Java program embedded in a web page and executed by a browser plugin. Applets were a competing way to add interactive programs to early web pages.
Marc Andreessen: Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur who co-created the Mosaic web browser and co-founded Netscape. Netscape’s browser project prompted Eich to create JavaScript.
Netscape Navigator: Netscape Navigator was a web browser that helped popularize the early World Wide Web. Eich developed JavaScript for use in Netscape’s browser.
Mozilla Firefox: Mozilla Firefox is a free, open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla project. Firefox became the best-known browser produced by the organization Eich helped found.
ActionScript: ActionScript is a scripting language used by Adobe Flash for interactive web content and applications. Flash’s language competed with JavaScript for browser-based interactivity.
Netscape: Netscape Communications was a software company that developed the Netscape Navigator web browser. Eich created JavaScript while working at Netscape.
World Wide Web: The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked resources accessed over the Internet. JavaScript’s original purpose was to add behavior to web documents.

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