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Javascript
From JISC Standards Catalogue
- Entry
- Javascript
- Area
- Programming Language Standards
- Standard
- Javascript (which is also known as ECMAScript) is a popular client-side scripting language used in Web pages.
- Standardisation
- Versions
- The latest versions are Standard ECMA-262, ECMAScript Language Specification 3rd edition (December 1999), Standard ECMA-290, ECMAScript Components Specification (June 1999), Standard ECMA-327 ECMAScript 3rd Edition Compact Profile (June 2001) and Standard ECMA-357 ECMAScript for XML (E4X) Specification (June 2004).
- Maturity
- Javascript/ECMAScript is now relatively mature. However there may be interoperability problems with older Web browsers.
- Risk Assessment
- Javascript suffered initially for differing implementations across the Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers. The ECMAScript standard was developed to provide a standard implementation which could be used across different platforms. There will still be a need for testing across different platforms.
- Take-up Elsewhere
- Further Information
- Author
- Brian Kelly, UKOLN
- Contributors
- Date Created
- 25 July 2005
- Version
- v1
