234 LK 3 y 53 Het 23 LK 428 G 3 Oh 8759

Download as txt, pdf, or txt
Download as txt, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 4

Skip to main content

Skip to search
Skip to select language
MDN Plus now available in your country! Support MDN and make it your own. Learn
more ✨

References
Guides
MDN Plus
Search MDN
   

SEARCH

Theme
Log in
Get MDN Plus
References
JavaScript

English (US)
In this article
Tutorials
Reference
JavaScript
Tutorials
Complete beginners
JavaScript Guide
Intermediate
Advanced
References
Built-in objects
Expressions & operators
Statements & declarations
Functions
Classes
Errors
Misc
JavaScript
JavaScript (JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, or just-in-time compiled programming
language with first-class functions. While it is most well-known as the scripting
language for Web pages, many non-browser environments also use it, such as Node.js,
Apache CouchDB and Adobe Acrobat. JavaScript is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm,
single-threaded, dynamic language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and
declarative (e.g. functional programming) styles.

JavaScript's dynamic capabilities include runtime object construction, variable


parameter lists, function variables, dynamic script creation (via eval), object
introspection (via for...in and Object utilities), and source-code recovery
(JavaScript functions store their source text and can be retrieved through
toString()).

This section is dedicated to the JavaScript language itself, and not the parts that
are specific to Web pages or other host environments. For information about APIs
that are specific to Web pages, please see Web APIs and DOM.

The standards for JavaScript are the ECMAScript Language Specification (ECMA-262)
and the ECMAScript Internationalization API specification (ECMA-402). As soon as
one browser implements a feature, we try to document it. This means that cases
where some proposals for new ECMAScript features have already been implemented in
browsers, documentation and examples in MDN articles may use some of those new
features. Most of the time, this happens between the stages 3 and 4, and is usually
before the spec is officially published.

Do not confuse JavaScript with the Java programming language — JavaScript is not
"Interpreted Java". Both "Java" and "JavaScript" are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Oracle in the U.S. and other countries. However, the two programming
languages have very different syntax, semantics, and use.

JavaScript documentation of core language features (pure ECMAScript, for the most
part) includes the following:

The JavaScript guide


The JavaScript reference
For more information about JavaScript specifications and related technologies, see
JavaScript technologies overview.

Looking to become a front-end web developer?

We have put together a course that includes all the essential information you need
to work towards your goal.

Get started

Tutorials
Learn how to program in JavaScript with guides and tutorials.

For complete beginners


Head over to our Learning Area JavaScript topic if you want to learn JavaScript but
have no previous experience with JavaScript or programming. The complete modules
available there are as follows:

JavaScript first steps


Answers some fundamental questions such as "what is JavaScript?", "what does it
look like?", and "what can it do?", along with discussing key JavaScript features
such as variables, strings, numbers, and arrays.

JavaScript building blocks


Continues our coverage of JavaScript's key fundamental features, turning our
attention to commonly-encountered types of code blocks such as conditional
statements, loops, functions, and events.

Introducing JavaScript objects


The object-oriented nature of JavaScript is important to understand if you want to
go further with your knowledge of the language and write more efficient code,
therefore we've provided this module to help you.

Asynchronous JavaScript
Discusses asynchronous JavaScript, why it is important, and how it can be used to
effectively handle potential blocking operations such as fetching resources from a
server.

Client-side web APIs


Explores what APIs are, and how to use some of the most common APIs you'll come
across often in your development work.

JavaScript guide
JavaScript Guide
A much more detailed guide to the JavaScript language, aimed at those with previous
programming experience either in JavaScript or another language.

Intermediate
Understanding client-side JavaScript frameworks
JavaScript frameworks are an essential part of modern front-end web development,
providing developers with proven tools for building scalable, interactive web
applications. This module gives you some fundamental background knowledge about how
client-side frameworks work and how they fit into your toolset, before moving on to
a series of tutorials covering some of today's most popular ones.

JavaScript language overview


An overview of the basic syntax and semantics of JavaScript for those coming from
other programming languages to get up to speed.

JavaScript data structures


Overview of available data structures in JavaScript.

Equality comparisons and sameness


JavaScript provides three different value comparison operations: strict equality
using ===, loose equality using ==, and the Object.is() method.

Enumerability and ownership of properties


How different methods that visit a group of object properties one-by-one handle the
enumerability and ownership of properties.

Closures
A closure is the combination of a function and the lexical environment within which
that function was declared.

Advanced
Inheritance and the prototype chain
Explanation of the widely misunderstood and underestimated prototype-based
inheritance.

JavaScript typed arrays


JavaScript typed arrays provide a mechanism for accessing raw binary data.

Memory Management
Memory life cycle and garbage collection in JavaScript.

Concurrency model and Event Loop


JavaScript has a concurrency model based on an "event loop".

Reference
Browse the complete JavaScript reference documentation.

Standard objects
Get to know standard built-in objects Array, Boolean, Date, Error, Function, JSON,
Math, Number, Object, RegExp, String, Map, Set, WeakMap, WeakSet, and others.

Expressions and operators


Learn more about the behavior of JavaScript's operators instanceof, typeof, new,
this, the operator precedence, and more.

Statements and declarations


Learn how do-while, for-in, for-of, try-catch, let, var, const, if-else, switch,
and more JavaScript statements and keywords work.
Functions
Learn how to work with JavaScript's functions to develop your applications.

Classes
JavaScript classes are the most appropriate way to do object-oriented programming.

Found a content problem with this page?


Edit the page on GitHub.
Report the content issue.
View the source on GitHub.
Want to get more involved? Learn how to contribute.
This page was last modified on Feb 20, 2023 by MDN contributors.

Your blueprint for a better internet.

MDN on Twitter
MDN on GitHub
MDN
About
Hacks Blog
Careers
Advertise with us
Support
Product help
Report an issue
Our communities
MDN Community
MDN Forum
MDN Chat
Developers
Web Technologies
Learn Web Development
MDN Plus
Website Privacy Notice
Cookies
Legal
Community Participation Guidelines
Visit Mozilla Corporation’s not-for-profit parent, the Mozilla Foundation.
Portions of this content are ©1998–2023 by individual mozilla.org contributors.
Content available under a Creative Commons license.

You might also like