diff --git a/guide/english/javascript/index.md b/guide/english/javascript/index.md index 84e46e531f..abc86d88b3 100644 --- a/guide/english/javascript/index.md +++ b/guide/english/javascript/index.md @@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ title: JavaScript --- ## JavaScript -JavaScript is the most widely used scripting language on Earth. And it has the largest library ecosystem of any programming language. + +JavaScript is the most widely used scripting language on earth and has the largest library ecosystem of any programming language. It is the core language of the web, and the only programming language that can run in all major web browsers. By definition, Javascript is a high-level interpreted language. Meaning its higher abstracted from the computer, easy to use, and you don't need to compile in order to execute but its interpreted at the runtime. -JavaScript is the core language of the web and the only programming language that can run in all major web browsers. - Notably, JavaScript has no relation to Java. [JavaScript: The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language](http://www.crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html) The official name of JavaScript is ECMAScript defined under Standard [ECMA-262](https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm) @@ -17,13 +16,13 @@ The official name of JavaScript is ECMAScript defined under Standard [ECMA-262]( If you want to learn more about the JavaScript language, and why it's so widely used, read Quincy Larson's article - [Which programming language should I learn first?](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/what-programming-language-should-i-learn-first-%CA%87d%C4%B1%C9%B9%C9%94s%C9%90%CA%8C%C9%90%C9%BE-%C9%B9%C7%9D%CA%8Dsu%C9%90-19a33b0a467d) - or watch this [inspiring video from Preethi Kasireddy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqiEhZYmvKk). -## Standalone JavaScript engines +## Standalone JavaScript Engines Mozilla's SpiderMonkey, the first JavaScript engine ever written, currently used in Mozilla Firefox. V8, Google's JavaScript engine, used in Google Chrome. Google Apps Script, a cloud-based/server-side interpreter that provides programmatic "macro-like" control of Google Apps services and documents. -Node.js, built on top of V8, a platform which enables server-side applications to be written in JavaScript. +Node.js, built on top of Google Chrome's Javascript V8 Engine, a platform which enables server-side applications to be written in JavaScript. Windows includes JScript, a JavaScript variant in Windows Script Host.