ECMAScript
ECMAScript (/ˈɛkməskrɪpt/; ES) is a standard for scripting languages, including JavaScript, JScript, and ActionScript. It is best known as a JavaScript standard intended to ensure the interoperability of web pages across different web browsers. It is standardized by Ecma International in the document ECMA-262.
| Paradigm | Multi-paradigm: prototype-based, functional, imperative |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Brendan Eich, Ecma International |
| First appeared | 1997 |
| Typing discipline | weak, dynamic |
| Website | www |
| Major implementations | |
| JavaScript, ActionScript, JScript, QtScript, InScript, Google Apps Script | |
| Influenced by | |
| Self, HyperTalk, AWK, C, CoffeeScript, Perl, Python, Java, Scheme | |
| Filename extensions |
.es |
|---|---|
| Internet media type |
application/ecmascript |
| Developed by | Sun Microsystems, Ecma International |
| Initial release | June 1997 |
| Latest release | Edition 14 June 2023 |
| Type of format | Scripting language |
| Website | Standards |
ECMAScript is commonly used for client-side scripting on the World Wide Web, and it is increasingly being used for server-side applications and services using runtime environments - Node.js, deno and bun.
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