A new JavaScript API aims to facilitate limited local filesystem access in Web applications. A draft that documents the new API, authored by Mozilla’s Arun Ranganathan, has been submitted to the World ...

There are many web browsers and FTP clients for Linux, all rich in features and able to satisfy all users, from command-line fanatics to 3-D multiscreen desktop addicts. They all share one common ...

Two books live on my desk when I'm working on Web pages with client-side scripting: David Flanagan's JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition (O'Reilly, 2006, 994 pp., $49.99, ISBN ...

The process of creating ECMAScript 4—the next-generation JavaScript dialect—has become increasingly acrimonious as major stakeholders argue about the future of web scripting. The latest feud is ...

Welcome to the fifth and final installment of this series on TDD for ASP.NET MVC. This time, I'll go over the view layer off the application, which includes the client-side JavaScript for the form and ...

On Friday, December 4, JavaScript turns 25. The venerable client-side scripting language had a wobbly start when Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich unveiled it in 1995, but today it runs on every Web ...

Faster webpage loading times play a big part in user experience and SEO, with page load speed a key determining factor for Google’s algorithm. A front-end web developer must decide the best way to ...

It's not news to find out that JavaScript has become the new crowd favorite for front-end development, but what is surprising is how quickly it is also catching on in the back end, powering many of ...

Google’s web crawlers have come a long way in recent years in their ability to fetch and execute JavaScript. However, JavaScript integration remains tricky when ...