JavaScript

About JavaScript

export function hello() {
  return 'Hello, World!';
};

ECMAScript is the standard that defines JavaScript, the language that allows web pages to be dynamic. It is an interpreted language, which means that it doesn't need to be compiled by the programmer: instead the client (such as a web browser) will parse the code and turn it into code that their machine can run - suitable for creating dynamic websites that can run on any browser on any computer!

In addition to use in web pages with modern web browsers, and it can also be executed on servers where the NodeJS platform is installed where it can be used for creating a web server too.

"ECMAScript has grown to be one of the world’s most widely used general purpose programming languages. It is best known as the language embedded in web browsers but has also been widely adopted for server and embedded applications." — ECMA International Language Specification

Starting with the 6th edition (commonly known as ES2015 or ES6) in 2015, a new edition of the standard will be released each year. The 6th edition was a major update which brought many enhancements over ES5, including notably template strings, expressive arrow function syntax, and cleaner syntax for defining classes.

However, support for the newest syntax is incomplete in current browsers and the latest node, and often requires transpilation with a tool like Babel.

Note: This track supports the latest ECMAScript syntax via Babel and the @babel/preset-env plugin, and new experimental features will be enabled with each release of the specification. Here, you will find code that not all runtimes are able to run.