Just about anything interactive or animated on a webpage today is rendered in JavaScript. Thanks to server-side frameworks such as Node.js, Deno, and bun, the language also extends beyond the browser.

The makers of the widely used JavaScript server-side runtime, Node.js, have released Deno 1.0, a new runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that addresses "design mistakes" in Node.js. The Deno ...

It’s entirely possible that all of the hard work on the browser engines is making JavaScript the fastest dynamic language and one of the best choices for server-side programming.

The function f produces no side effects; it only squares a number provided as input. All behavior takes place within the function and only within the function. Producing no side effects is another ...

JavaScript had humble beginnings, emerging in 1995 as a "side-kick scripting ... it's on the server too, outside the browser. SEE: Programming languages: Microsoft TypeScript leaps ahead of ...

Redmonk’s annual programming language rankings – based on GitHub and StackOverflow traffic – were recently released and to no one’s surprise, JavaScript was ranked as the most popular programming ...

Client-side scripting using JavaScript The client is the computer system (including tablets and mobile devices) that is running the web browser. Client-side scripts are interpreted by the browser ...

However, Almaer warns that many applicants with JavaScript knowledge will also ... but rather a profound shift in server-side programming towards event-oriented systems… “We believe that ...

JSON is also sometimes used in desktop and server-side programming environments. American computer programmer Douglas Crockford created JSON. The format is derived from the JavaScript programming ...