JScript is a scripting language based on the ECMAScript standard, created by Microsoft and implemented in a range of environments. You would expect this tag to accompany questions regarding these environments, such as Windows Script Host (WSH), Active Server Pages (ASP) and HTML Applications (HTA).
JScript is a scripting language based on the ecmascript standard, created by Microsoft and implemented in a range of environments, including:
- Internet Explorer (internet-explorer)
- Windows Script Host (wsh)
- Active Server Pages (asp-classic)
- HTML Applications (hta)
JScript is not to be confused with JavaScript (javascript) — although they are both implementations of the ECMAScript language — because, often, people refer to JScript when discussing client or server scripting outside of a web page. As such, you would expect the jscript tag to accompany wsh, hta or asp-classic questions. javascript was named after JScript, but it is not the same.
JScript supports several unique features such as conditional compilation, COM object instantiation and a method to force garbage collection.
