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JavaScript

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JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but also used in many non-browser environments.

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  1.  Lightweight

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  1.  Asynchronous
  2.  Multiplatform
  3.  Interpreted language
  4.  Dynamic typing
  5.  Programmers Documentation
  6.  Extensibility
  7.  Portable
  8.  Support for scripting
  9.  Prototype-based inheritance

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Our users have written 10 comments and reviews about JavaScript, and it has gotten 610 likes

JavaScript was added to AlternativeTo by Thelle Christensen on Jun 10, 2012 and this page was last updated Sep 25, 2020. JavaScript is sometimes referred to as JS.

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urbanimp
  
Top positive commentSep 22, 2023

The programming language that I have been using for years to make a lot of my web games. When Flash was discontinued, I had to make the switch to JavaScript. Honestly I wish I had made the switch sooner

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TypicalHog
  
Top negative commentSep 21, 2023

TypeScript exists. It's a strongly typed JavaScript.

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kmac42
  
Positive commentJan 31, 2024

I think this is the most versatile language.

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RemovedUser
  
Positive commentMar 9, 2023

Javascript is a fine programming language. But it is kind of weird because everything seems to be a object yet its "Not object oriented"

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Andrei O.
  
Positive commentMar 16, 2021

One decade and a half ago we would laugh about JS, now JS is probably considering all its supersets the most used language.

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kfua
  
Positive commentOct 23, 2020

One of the best and most popular languages in the world.

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blackmoon1910
  
Positive commentSep 25, 2020

JavaScript is awesome. Multiplatform, constantly evolving, multipurpose... If only it could mix drinks!

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What is JavaScript?

JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but also used in many non-browser environments. JavaScript was formalized in the ECMAScript language standard.