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JavaScript

JavaScript (JS) is a lightweight interpreted (or just-in-time compiled)


programming language with first-class functions. While it is most well-known as
the scripting language for Web pages, many non-browser environments also use
it, such as Node.js, Apache CouchDB and Adobe Acrobat . JavaScript is a
prototype-based, multi-paradigm, single-threaded, dynamic language, supporting
object-oriented, imperative, and declarative (e.g., functional programming) styles.
JavaScript's dynamic capabilities include runtime object construction, variable
parameter lists, function variables, dynamic script creation (via eval ), object
introspection (via for...in and Object utilities), and source-code recovery
(JavaScript functions store their source text and can be retrieved through
toString() ).

This section is dedicated to the JavaScript language itself, and not the parts that
are specific to Web pages or other host environments. For information about APIs
that are specific to Web pages, please see Web APIs and DOM.
The standards for JavaScript are the ECMAScript Language Specification
(ECMA-262) and the ECMAScript Internationalization API specification (ECMA-
402). As soon as one browser implements a feature, we try to document it. This
means that cases where some proposals for new ECMAScript features have
already been implemented in browsers, documentation and examples in MDN
articles may use some of those new features. Most of the time, this happens
between the stages 3 and 4, and is usually before the spec is officially
published.
Do not confuse JavaScript with the Java programming language — JavaScript
is not "Interpreted Java". Both "Java" and "JavaScript" are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Oracle in the U.S. and other countries. However, the two
programming languages have very different syntax, semantics, and use.
JavaScript documentation of core language features (pure ECMAScript, for the
most part) includes the following:
The JavaScript guide
The JavaScript reference
For more information about JavaScript specifications and related technologies,
see JavaScript technologies overview.

Beginner's tutorials
Learn how to program in JavaScript from the ground up with our beginner's
tutorials.
Your first website: Adding interactivity
This article provides a brief tour of what JavaScript is and how to use it, aimed
at people who are completely new to web development.
Dynamic scripting with JavaScript
Our Learn web development section's JavaScript module teaches all the
JavaScript fundamentals from the ground up.
JavaScript frameworks and libraries
JavaScript frameworks are an essential part of modern front-end web
development, providing developers with tried and tested tools for building
scalable, interactive web applications. Many modern companies use
frameworks as a standard part of their tooling, so many front-end development
jobs now require framework experience. In this set of articles, we aim to give
you a comfortable starting point to help you begin learning frameworks.

JavaScript guides
Fundamental language guides
JavaScript Guide
A much more detailed guide to the JavaScript language, aimed at those with
previous programming experience either in JavaScript or another language.
Intermediate
Advanced JavaScript objects
The object-oriented nature of JavaScript is important to understand if you want
to go further with your knowledge of the language and write more efficient
code, therefore we've provided this module to help you.
Asynchronous JavaScript
In this module, we take a look at asynchronous JavaScript, why it is important,
and how it can be used to effectively handle potential blocking operations, such
as fetching resources from a server.
Client-side web APIs
Explores what APIs are, and how to use some of the most common APIs you'll
come across often in your development work.
JavaScript language overview
An overview of the basic syntax and semantics of JavaScript for those coming
from other programming languages to get up to speed.
JavaScript data structures
Overview of available data structures in JavaScript.
Equality comparisons and sameness
JavaScript provides three different value comparison operations: strict equality
using === , loose equality using == , and the Object.is() method.
Enumerability and ownership of properties
How different methods that visit a group of object properties one-by-one
handle the enumerability and ownership of properties.
Closures
A closure is the combination of a function and the lexical environment within
which that function was declared.
Advanced
Inheritance and the prototype chain
Explanation of the widely misunderstood and underestimated prototype-based
inheritance.
Memory Management
Memory life cycle and garbage collection in JavaScript.

Reference
Browse the complete JavaScript reference documentation.
Standard objects
Get to know standard built-in objects: Array , Boolean , Error , Function , JSON ,
Math , Number , Object , RegExp , String , Map , Set , WeakMap , WeakSet , and others.

Expressions and operators


Learn more about the behavior of JavaScript's operators instanceof , typeof ,
new , this , the operator precedence, and more.

Statements and declarations


Learn how do-while , for-in , for-of , try-catch , let , var , const , if-else ,
switch , and more JavaScript statements and keywords work.

Functions
Learn how to work with JavaScript's functions to develop your applications.
Classes
JavaScript classes are the most appropriate way to do object-oriented
programming.
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