Why it matters: JavaScript was officially unveiled in 1995 and now powers the overwhelming majority of the modern web, as well as countless server and desktop projects. The language is one of the core ...

Marking its 30th anniversary on Thursday, the world’s most popular programming language faces a bitter ongoing custody battle rather than a celebration. Creators and community leaders are stepping up ...

Thirty years ago today, Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems issued a joint press release announcing JavaScript, an object scripting language designed for creating interactive web applications ...

JavaScript is one of the most successful and versatile programming languages in the world, but it certainly didn’t start out that way. Here are 11 ways that JavaScript today is nothing like the ...

Visual Studio Code is a code editor that is completely free and open-source. It has been developed by Microsoft and is highly regarded by developers due to its lightweight, fast, and extensible design ...

A regular column about programming. Because if/when the machines take over, we should at least speak their language. To review: JavaScript is what makes static web pages “dynamic.” Without it, the ...

This project implements a bridge from LiveScript to modern JavaScript, by converting the LiveScript AST into Babel AST and then using the Babel toolchain to generate JS: ...