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.

subject surface form: GNOME
Google Docs → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Google Duo → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Google Sites → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Grunt → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Gulp → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Mocha → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Naver Whale → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Node.js → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
ORTC → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: Open Library
Plotly → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
RStudio → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
React → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Slack → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Svelte → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Swagger UI → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Telegram → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
TensorFlow → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Tumblr → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Vivaldi → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Vue.js → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Webpack → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
Wikidata → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
yarn → programmingLanguage → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: Yarn
DOM → relatedTo → JavaScript ⓘ
VBScript → replacedBy → JavaScript ⓘ
WebGL → requires → JavaScript ⓘ
Blink → supports → JavaScript ⓘ
Blink layout engine → supports → JavaScript ⓘ
subject surface form: Blink
Comodo Dragon → supports → JavaScript ⓘ
Google Chrome → supports → JavaScript ⓘ
Internet Explorer → supports → JavaScript ⓘ
Mozilla Firefox → supports → JavaScript ⓘ
Opera Mini → supports → JavaScript ⓘ
Presto → supports → JavaScript ⓘ
Safari → supports → JavaScript ⓘ