JavaScript (JS) is a computer programming language originally implemented as part of web browsers on client-side scripts which allowed for interaction with the user, control the browser, communicate asynchronously, and alter the document content that was displayed.
JavaScript was a prototype-based scripting language that was dynamic, weakly typed, and has first-class functions. Its syntax was influenced by the language C. JavaScript copies many names and naming conventions from Java, but the two languages are otherwise unrelated, since JavaScript’s is used in applications outside of web pages—for example, in PDF documents, site-specific browsers, and desktop widgets and is newer and faster JavaScript VMs and frameworks.

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What is a package manager and why should you…

What is a package manager and why is it useful? A package manager is a programming language’s tool to create project environments and easily...
Ovidijus Okinskas
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Making a Simple Basecamp Chatbot with NodeJS

Creating a chatbot is a fun way to integrate external tool functionality within Basecamp. I recently created one to call the Bitbucket API, allowing...
Leon Atherton
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Beware JavaScript Layout Thrashing!

What is Layout Thrashing? Layout Thrashing is where a web browser has to reflow or repaint a web page many times before the page...
Leon Atherton
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FormCalc vs Javascript [PDF / XFA in HTML5]

This is one of our XFAarticles which investigates the important factors to be considered during the conversion from FormCalc script to Javascript (since none...
suda
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Adding Fullscreen to WebApps using the JavaScript API

In addition to the standard (F11) full-screen modes in web browsers, there is now also a way to enable full screen using JavaScript, providing...
Leon Atherton
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