Picture this: It's April 1995, and Brendan Eich is on a mission. He's working at Netscape, one of the early browser companies, and he's given just 10 days to cook up a programming language that can work directly in a web browser. Why the rush? Because Netscape's in a browser battle with Microsoft, and they need to get their browser out there ASAP. So, Brendan pulls off a miracle and creates JavaScript (also known as JS). It's not perfect, but it's a start.