Developers use JavaScript promises to model asynchronous operations in web and server-side programs. Here's a quick look at five ways to use promises in your code. Promises are a central mechanism ...

The reason for this rise can be found in the latest survey of 33,000 developers from 156 countries who use npm, a hugely popular Node.js JavaScript package manager that's traditionally used to ...

Object is the root object of all prototypes in JavaScript. Aside from providing the foundation for the JavaScript object model, Object imparts important methods such as toString() and assign().

If you eliminate the radical points of view on each end of the spectrum, you are left with very real questions about when it makes sense to use JavaScript, and when it doesn’t. There is no doubt ...

However, the language remains largely in exile, to only be used in Web browsers. This year has marked a resurgence of efforts to make JavaScript useful outside the browser. This was patently ...

Follow that up with "JavaScript Useful Code Snippets & Applications", which will teach you how to use JavaScript in everyday code so you don't have to keep writing the same things over and over again.

Plot it on a map? Use it for an interactive Web graphic? These open-source JavaScript libraries can help turn your data into a suitable format for analysis or a compelling online presentation.

Google has announced that its widely used Octane JavaScript benchmark is being retired, with Google saying that it's no longer a useful way for browser developers to determine how best to optimize ...

Plot it on a map? Use it for an interactive Web graphic? These open-source JavaScript libraries can help turn your data into a suitable format for analysis or a compelling online presentation.