Object-oriented JavaScript
Over the last several years, we've seen a drastic shift with regards to client-side scripting in browser-based web applications. JavaScript has become the defacto standard in client-side scripting, with support for it built into every major browser available.
The issue has always been in each browser's implementation of the Document Object Model. Microsoft's Internet Explorer, having taken the majority share of the browser marketplace, helped to gather support for a modern Document Object Model, to which all other browsers had to adapt. However, after the release of Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft halted new development of their browser for several years, other than to provide security fixes. Added to this was Microsoft's play to try and create new standards. Rather than implement JavaScript, Internet Explorer actually implemented JScript, which ran JavaScript files, but had a slightly different implementation that never garnered momentum ...