The annual State of JavaScript survey is one of the best ways to keep your finger on the pulse of what's new and noteworthy in the world of JavaScript. Here's the rundown from the most recent survey.

The same trend has taken precedence in front-end software development, specifically JavaScript frameworks. A new framework is released almost, if not, faster than a smartphone model is released.

The new engine, which is called TraceMonkey, delivers unprecedented JavaScript performance ... we will only get faster," Eich wrote in a blog entry. "What spectators have to realize is that ...

In a post on Mozilla’s JavaScript blog, Mozilla developer David Anderson said that the architecture of IonMonkey uses a three-step compilation process for JavaScript that mirrors how production ...

"The class syntax is not introducing a new object-oriented inheritance model to JavaScript. JavaScript classes provide a much simpler and clearer syntax to create objects and deal with inheritance." A ...

Has JavaScript displaced Java as the new “Write once, run anywhere” programming language? It all depends on your perspective. And with technologies such as WebAssembly arriving on the scene ...