JavaScript

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programming language scripting language

JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic programming language primarily used to create interactive and dynamic content on web pages.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Dynamic HTML 1
ECMAScript 2015 1
JScript 1

Statements (91)

Predicate Object
instanceOf programming language ⓘ
scripting language ⓘ
commonlyUsedWith TypeScript programming language ⓘ
surface form: Angular

Express.js ⓘ
React ⓘ
Svelte ⓘ
Vue.js ⓘ
designedBy Brendan Eich ⓘ
developer ECMA International ⓘ
Mozilla Foundation ⓘ
Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Netscape Communications
domain client-side web development ⓘ
desktop application development ⓘ
game development ⓘ
mobile application development ⓘ
server-side web development ⓘ
ecosystem npm ⓘ
yarn ⓘ
surface form: pnpm

yarn ⓘ
executionModel event loop ⓘ
single-threaded ⓘ
fileExtension .js ⓘ
.mjs ⓘ
firstAppeared 1995 ⓘ
formerName JavaScript self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: LiveScript
hasFeature BigInt ⓘ
JSON support ⓘ
Map and Set collections ⓘ
arrow functions ⓘ
classes ⓘ
destructuring assignment ⓘ
exceptions ⓘ
generators ⓘ
iterators ⓘ
nullish coalescing operator ⓘ
optional chaining ⓘ
regular expressions ⓘ
rest parameters ⓘ
spread operator ⓘ
template literals ⓘ
influenced CoffeeScript ⓘ
Dart ⓘ
Elm ⓘ
ReasonML ⓘ
TypeScript programming language ⓘ
surface form: TypeScript
influencedBy Java ⓘ
Scheme ⓘ
Self ⓘ
license various open standards via ECMA ⓘ
memoryManagement garbage collection ⓘ
notableImplementation ChakraCore ⓘ
JavaScriptCore ⓘ
SpiderMonkey ⓘ
V8 ⓘ
originalName Mocha ⓘ
paradigm event-driven ⓘ
functional ⓘ
imperative ⓘ
prototype-based ⓘ
primaryUse communicating with web servers via HTTP ⓘ
creating interactive web pages ⓘ
handling browser events ⓘ
manipulating the DOM ⓘ
runsOn Bun ⓘ
Deno ⓘ
Node.js ⓘ
web browsers ⓘ
standardizedAs ECMAScript ⓘ
supports async/await ⓘ
asynchronous programming ⓘ
closures ⓘ
first-class functions ⓘ
modules ⓘ
object-oriented programming ⓘ
promises ⓘ
prototypal inheritance ⓘ
supportsStandard JavaScript self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ECMAScript 2015

ECMAScript ⓘ
surface form: ECMAScript 2016

ECMAScript ⓘ
surface form: ECMAScript 2017

ECMAScript ⓘ
surface form: ECMAScript 2018

ECMAScript ⓘ
surface form: ECMAScript 2019

ECMAScript ⓘ
surface form: ECMAScript 2020

ECMAScript ⓘ
surface form: ECMAScript 2021

ECMAScript ⓘ
surface form: ECMAScript 2022

ECMAScript ⓘ
surface form: ECMAScript 2023

ECMAScript ⓘ
surface form: ECMAScript 5
typingDiscipline duck typing ⓘ
dynamic typing ⓘ
weak typing ⓘ
usedWith CSS ⓘ
HTML ⓘ

Referenced by (163)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HTML → associatedWith → JavaScript ⓘ
HTML5 → compatibleWith → JavaScript ⓘ
SVG → compatibleWith → JavaScript ⓘ
WebGL → compatibleWith → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: Adobe Flash
CoffeeScript → compilesTo → JavaScript ⓘ
Dart → compilesTo → JavaScript ⓘ
Elm → compilesTo → JavaScript ⓘ
Kotlin → compilesTo → JavaScript ⓘ
ReasonML → compilesTo → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: TypeScript
Brendan Eich → created → JavaScript ⓘ
this entity surface form: JavaScript programming language
this entity surface form: JavaScript (with Brendan Eich)
npm → ecosystem → JavaScript ⓘ
this entity surface form: JavaScript ecosystem
Web 2.0 → enabledBy → JavaScript ⓘ
DOM → enables → JavaScript ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dynamic HTML
JavaScript → formerName → JavaScript self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: LiveScript
Slimjet → hasProgrammingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Bun → implementsLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
C → influenced → JavaScript ⓘ
Java → influenced → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: Lisp
Perl → influenced → JavaScript ⓘ
Scheme → influenced → JavaScript ⓘ
CoffeeScript → influencedBy → JavaScript ⓘ
Dart → influencedBy → JavaScript ⓘ
JScript .NET → influencedBy → JavaScript ⓘ
this entity surface form: JScript
Kotlin → influencedBy → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: TypeScript
ECMAScript → influences → JavaScript ⓘ
The Chromium Project → language → JavaScript ⓘ
Brendan Eich → notableWork → JavaScript ⓘ
JSON → parsedBy → JavaScript ⓘ
Kotlin → platform → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: Unity
this entity surface form: UnityScript
yarn → primaryLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: Yarn
Angular → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Brave → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: Brave
Chromium → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: Cinnamon
Express.js → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Fitbit OS → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ