Is JavaScript a programming language?

[SwatiSood]

JavaScript is a text-based programming language used both on the client-side and server-side that allows you to make web pages interactive.

[Guest]

JavaScript is a different language. JavaScript has a syntactic similarity to Java, much as Java has to C. But it is no more a subset of Java than Java is a subset of C. ... The -Script suffix suggests that it is not a real programming language, that a scripting language is less than a programming language.

[lisajohn]

JavaScript is a scripting language, which means it's not a full-fledged programming language. It can be used for tasks such as creating user interfaces or automating tasks, but it's not as powerful as some of the more traditional programming languages. That said, JavaScript is quite popular and has become an important part of many web applications and websites.