--- title: JavaScript Engine & Javascript Is an Interpreted Language? description: Javascript was invented by Brendan Eich in 1995. It was built with the purpose of interacting with webpages and web applications. The interpreter is like a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-engine-javascript-is-an-interpreted-language--rchr4ei5v twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: JavaScript Engine & Javascript Is an Interpreted Language? | daily.dev og:description: Javascript was invented by Brendan Eich in 1995. It was built with the purpose of interacting with webpages and web applications. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 0 upvotes > Here's a quick visit to interpreters and compilers with some JS code. --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-engine-javascript-is-an-interpreted-language--rchr4ei5v) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"JavaScript Engine \u0026 Javascript Is an Interpreted Language?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-engine-javascript-is-an-interpreted-language--rchr4ei5v","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-engine-javascript-is-an-interpreted-language--rchr4ei5v"},"datePublished":"2020-12-25T05:55:29.721Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Javascript was invented by Brendan Eich in 1995. 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