A new generation of bundler, build, and dependency management tools is making JavaScript development simpler, easier, and faster. Give these seven special tools a try.

Nashorn will support the javax.script (JSR 223) API. Support will be provided for invoking Java code from JavaScript and for Java to invoke JavaScript code. This includes direct mapping to JavaBeans.

Peter looks at how to call a JavaScript function from your TypeScript code and do it in a type-safe way. Along the way, he dramatically simplifies a Backbone application by integrating Knockout.

Google recently released a new library called ZX, enabling developers to write CLI scripts using JavaScript without the hassle of dealing with Node.js directly.

Scripts can be dangerous, especially when you allow them to run on business computers that contain sensitive information. Google Chrome enables you to stop JavaScript scripts, as well as scripts ...

Who put this JavaScript in my COBOL? Node.cobol, that’s who Developer of COBOL plugin for Node.js completes the circle.

Practical .NET Build an ASP.NET JavaScript Generator ASP.NET provides a wealth of options for dynamically integrating JavaScript into your client-side pages. And by adding T4 into the mix, you can ...

How to add scripts to Google apps If you’re comfortable with JavaScript, you can write your own original programs. Just open Docs or Sheets and go to Extensions, then click on Apps Script.

Many Web pages use complex JavaScript scripts to interact with you, save your preferences or gather information about visitors to the site. If your Mozilla Firefox Web browser is set to block ...

JavaScript on the JVM is better and faster but not always friendlier with Nashorn, the rebuilt JavaScript interpreter. Martin Heller takes the new Rhino's two command-line script runners for a ...