Google has shipped a new JavaScript compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine in Chrome called Sparkplug that promises a much faster web experience – and it does it by 'cheating', according to the ...

The beta open source Joy compiler takes on the same task as GopherJS: to bring Go language approaches to JavaScript development Developers wanting to use the Google Go language, aka Golang, for web ...

JavaScript is the foundation of the modern web. From simple button clicks to complex web applications, almost everything interactive you see online runs on JavaScript. Whether you are a beginner ...

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Google rolled out the latest version of its browser this week with the ability to freeze Tab Groups and have PWAs launch on startup. Under-the-hood, Chrome 91 is 23% faster, thanks to a pair of ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...

Latest release of the programming language for the Erlang VM and JavaScript runtimes adds ‘find references’ feature and exhaustiveness analysis for strings. Gleam 1.10, a new release of the type-safe ...

Today is beta-release day at Mozilla, and the organization is launching new beta versions of Firefox for the desktop and Android. This time around, the desktop version is set to get the most ...

We looked last week at some of the things that can influence the speed of programming languages and how different approaches to running code can influence program performance. Some work described by ...