A Brief History of Web | Sujan | Gurzu

From text-only pages to immersive worlds, the web's journey is one of constant innovation. In this episode of knowledge ketchup, Sujan dived into Web's fascinating history, and potential future!

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1. A Brief history of web Sujan Maharjan
2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET Chapter - 1
3. Early Seeds: The 1960s • 1962 : "Man and Computer Symbiosis" By J.C.R. Licklider • 1965 : Paul Baran at RAND, Proposes a distributed network design based on data packets • 1969 : ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
4. Building the foundation: The 1970s • 1971 : Ray Tomlinson sends the first email, "QWERTYUIOP" between two computers on ARPANET, ( SNDMSG ) • 1973 : Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf develop the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) • 1976: Queen Elizabeth II sends the first ever email from the UK, marking a significant step towards broader adoption.
5. The rise of the web: the 1980s and 1990s • 1989: Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in Switzerland invents the World Wide Web • 1993: Mosaic, the first widely used web browser with graphical interface, is released • Mid-1990s: The dot-com boom, Development of search engines, e-commerce platforms, and social media.
6. Tim Berners-Lee : Father of Internet • Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) • Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) • HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) He developed the code for his Web server on a NeXT computer.
8. History of Javascript Chapter - 2
9. Humble Beginnings: 1995 • Netscape, a rising browser wars • Brendan Eich created JavaScript • "Mocha” -> "LiveScript" -> “JavaScript” • Release with Netscape Navigator 2.0
10. Learning to fly: 1996-1998 • A “Toy Language”, Its simplicity became its biggest strength • 1996 : Internet Explorer was released, with JScript • 1997 : ECMA Script was released ◦ European Computer Manufacturers Association ◦ Harmony
11. The Browser Wars and Beyond: 1999-2009 • Internet Explorer challenging Netscape's dominance • Libraries like Prototype and jQuery emerged • The rise of web applications like Gmail and Google Maps • 2008 : Release of V8 and Chrome • 2009 : Release of NodeJS
12. Emerge JS Web frameworks Chapter - 3
13. The Dawn of Frameworks : 2010-2017 • 2010 : Backbone.js popularized the MVC • 2010 - 2011 : AngularJS becomes a major player with reusable Components • 2012 : Ember.js gains traction • 2013 : React came with its virtual DOM and component based architecture • 2014 : Vue emerges as lightweight • 2017 : Svelte introduces a novel "reactive compiler"
14. The Golden age & Innovation: 2018 - Present • SPAs became a norm • Handling state management, routing, and even server-side rendering. • The focus is on developer experience • TypeScript gains popularity • Rise of Meta frameworks ◦ Next, Nuxt, Gatsby, Remix, Selvet Kit, and many more
18. Future of web development Chapter - 4
19. gazing into the crystal ball, reveal possibilities • Increased Interactivity and Immersion • Enhanced Developer Tools and Automation: • Focus on Security and Privacy • Sustainability and Accessibility
20. Future Technologies • Go lang • HTMX • WebGL • Web Assembly • Rust lang (Yup, Rocket) • Bun
21. References 1. Raymond Tomlinson : a. https://youtu.be/XhXk3wzemR4 b. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/60at60/2015/8/1971-first-ever-email-392 973 2. Tim Berners-Lee : https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tim-Berners-Lee 3. Brendan Eich : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich 4. Web frameworks : https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124699/worldwide-developer-survey-most-used-frame works-web/ 5. State of JS : https://2022.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries/front-end-frameworks/ 6. Statcounter : https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share 7. Google Brad