In the history of computing, 1995 was a crazy time. First Java appeared, then close on its heels came JavaScript. The names made them seem like conjoined twins newly detached, but they couldn’t be ...

The 2022 State of JavaScript survey of nearly 40,000 developers has identified the most popular, emerging and waning technologies used by JavaScript developers. The annual JavaScript survey, whose ...

Staying ahead of the curve is no longer a choice. It has become a necessity. As of November 2024, Node.js powers 3.9% of websites globally, according to Web Technology Surveys. That includes giants ...

A newly published paper by Brendan Eich, CEO of Chromium-based browser Brave and the key designer of JavaScript, looks back at two decades of the definitive programming language for the web, browsers ...

There is a well known story about a scientist who gave a talk about the Earth and its place in the solar system. At the end of the talk, a woman refuted him with "That's rubbish; the Earth is really ...

Node.js is a lean, fast, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that is useful for both servers and desktop applications. Scalability, latency, and throughput are key performance indicators for ...

Google warns against excessive JavaScript use. Here's why this warning is critical for AI search optimization. Over-reliance on JavaScript creates a blind spot for AI search crawlers. AI search ...

This video breaks down the bizarre legal battle over who owns the JavaScript name. Despite not creating or maintaining the language, Oracle controls the trademark. The story traces how this happened ...

This week’s question comes from Thomas, who asks: I disabled the JavaScript just to check the content of my webpage, but unfortunately I could not see any content except the banner H1 tag. Will it ...

According to a manuscript (PDF) for the JWST’s Integrated Science Instrument Module (or ISIM), the software for the ISIM is controlled by “the Script Processor Task (SP), which runs scripts written in ...