WebForth News

April 2001 Version 1.0 is published.


April 2001 Version 0.95 is published on the FIG UK web site..


July 1999 Version 0.95 is previewed with source in files as well as blocks.


June 1999: Version 0.94 is previewed with flicker-free text scrolling and consistent colours.


June 1999: Version 0.93 is previewed with site map and better navigation.


April 1999: Version 0.92 is previewed. Now renamed "WebForth", this version is supported by a multi-page web site that takes advantage of WebForth's unique ability to compile and run programs within a web browser.

The web site includes early versions of tutorials. There is a tutorial for those "New to Programming" and also for those "New to Forth". Unlike every other programming language, WebForth allows a user to try programming from within his web browser.


January 1999: Version 0.91 is previewed with faster routines for text output (i.e. EMIT) and includes more ANS words from Philip Preston. This version passes the John Hayes' Test Suite for ANS Forth.


December 1998: Alpha version 0.90 is previewed to the WebForth Team. This applet is based on jeForth 1.02 with extensive modifications and enhancements by Philip Preston to improve compliance with the Forth Standards: American National Standard (ANS) and ISO/IEC 15145:1997 Information technology -- Programming languages -- Forth.


May 1998: Forth Dimensions publishes "eForth for Java" by Mike Losh (Volume XX, Number 1) - 8 pages - which explains why and how Mike put together the first version of WebForth publishes on the Internet.