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title: JavaScript
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## JavaScript
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JavaScript is the most widely used scripting language on Earth. And it has the largest library ecosystem of any programming language.
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By definition, Javascript is an high-level iterpreted language. Meaning its higher abstracted from the computer, easy to use, and you
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don't need to compile in order to execute but its interpreted at the runtime.
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JavaScript is the core language of the web, and the only programming language that can run in all major web browsers.
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Notably, JavaScript has no relation to Java. [JavaScript: The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language](http://www.crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html)
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The official name of JavaScript is ECMAScript defined under Standard [ECMA-262](https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm)
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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) -
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or watch this [inspiring video from Preethi Kasireddy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqiEhZYmvKk).
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## Standalone JavaScript engines
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Mozilla's SpiderMonkey, the first JavaScript engine ever written, currently used in Mozilla Firefox.
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V8, Google's JavaScript engine, used in Google Chrome.
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Google Apps Script, a cloud-based/server-side interpreter that provides programmatic "macro-like" control of Google Apps services and documents.
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Node.js, built on top of V8, a platform which enables server-side applications to be written in JavaScript.
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Windows includes JScript, a JavaScript variant in Windows Script Host.
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Chakra, a fork of Jscript, is developed by Microsoft and used in their Edge browser.
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Mozilla also offers Rhino, an implementation of JavaScript built in Java, typically embedded into Java applications to provide scripting to end users.
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WebKit (except for the Chromium project) implements the JavaScriptCore engine.
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## JavaScript Frameworks
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Most frequently used JavaScript Frameworks are React JS, Angular JS, Create JS, jQuery, nodeJS etc.
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For details follow this [link](https://javascriptreport.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-javascript-frameworks/).
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