JavaScript invades the server Originally a client-side language, JavaScript made quick inroads on the server side. Microsoft offered its JScript fork as an option in Active Server Pages in 1996.

It is very uncommon for people to send legitimate applications written in JavaScript via email, so users should avoid opening this type of file, even if it’s enclosed in a .zip archive.

It’s worth noting that, like the project itself, these documents that describe the JWST’s JavaScript system are pretty old; the one written by Dashevsky and Balzano is undated but came out in ...

For simple Flash animations, web developers must only slip in a bit of code into the website to allow non-Flash enabled devices like the iPhone. The Javascript pulls the relevant animations.

A research that analyzed over 10,000 samples of diverse malicious software written in JavaScript concluded that roughly 26% of it is obfuscated to evade detection and analysis.

The code is essentially a Flash player, but written in JavaScript. Its purpose is to take Flash content and then re-encode it to a cross-platform JavaScript in real time.

JavaScript is a double-edged sword: It adds lots of useful features to your favorite websites, such as interactive maps, loading images in the background, refreshing content on a site without ...