Could 2026 be the year of the beautiful back end? We explore the range of options for server-side JavaScript development, ...

Learning a programming language is just part of becoming a software developer. These days, writing software involves an ecosystem of tools, from the programs that developers use to write their code to ...

Over drinks, one person proclaimed, “No one programs in JavaScript, they just string together jQuery calls.” This statement is certainly not true, but like a hand grenade, it gets close enough to make ...

Today, there are a number of development tools available for JavaScript developers to make the job easier. These tools let us focus on stop worrying about the mundane tasks related to application ...

I have only a grudging acceptance for JavaScript. The nature of JavaScript as a prototype-based dynamic language means that all sorts of things that I like won't ever be fully supported in a ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Mozilla Labs has released a Javascript engine (Narcissus engine and Zaphod script look-up tool) built to help coders test and help developers gain a deeper understanding of the code used to build the ...

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 ...

Microsoft has been beating the HTML5 drum increasingly loudly as its HTML5-compliant Internet Explorer (IE) 9 browser approaches the finish line. Company execs have said HTML5 is central to the ...

JavaScript was developed in May 1995 by Brendon Eich who worked for Netscape Communications Corporation. JavaScript was conceived from the need to make web pages more dynamic. Eich created it in just ...