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In November 1996, Netscape announced that it had submitted JavaScript to [[Ecma International]] for consideration as an industry standard, and subsequent work resulted in the standardized version named [[ECMAScript]].<ref>[http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-262.pdf ECMAScript 3rd Edition specification]</ref>
===Later developments===
JavaScript has become one of the most popular programming languages on the web. Initially, however, many professional programmers denigrated the language because its target audience was web authors and other such "amateurs", among other reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html |title=JavaScript: The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language |publisher=Crockford.com |date= |accessdate=2009-05-19}}</ref> The advent of [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]] returned JavaScript to the spotlight and brought more professional programming attention. The result was a proliferation of comprehensive [[List of JavaScript libraries|frameworks and libraries]], improved JavaScript programming practices, and increased usage of JavaScript outside of web browsers, as seen by the proliferation of [[server-side JavaScript]] platforms.
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