InfoWorld

Node.js welcomes Microsoft’s Chakra JavaScript engine

Node has traditionally been focused on Google's V8 JavaScript engine, but adding ChakraCore support will allow developers to target more platforms Microsoft on Tuesday submitted a pull request to Node ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft created an open-source browser using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS

Microsoft's new browser, Edge, has a new rendering engine, EdgeHTML. Like Edge, the new rendering engine is only available in Windows 10, but it does more than just power the company's new browser: It ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Axing VBScript in Favor of JavaScript/PowerShell: Here's the Timeline

Microsoft is deprecating VBScript in favor of "more advanced" alternatives like JavaScript and PowerShell. The company today (May 30) detailed how the phase-out will occur in three stages, the final ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Tests Copilot-Powered Tool to Modernize JavaScript/TypeScript in VS Code

Microsoft is previewing a new AI-assisted tool for Visual Studio Code Insiders called the JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer. It's designed to help developers modernize older JavaScript or TypeScript ...
InfoWorld

Mozilla, Microsoft drawing sabers over next JavaScript

Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript and now CTO at Mozilla, and Microsoft's Chris Wilson are in sharp disagreement over the next version of JavaScript Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich and Microsoft’s Chris ...
Computerworld

Microsoft adds globalization capability for JavaScript apps

Microsoft released late last week a prototype of its jQuery Globalization Plugin for adding globalization to JavaScript applications, a Microsoft official said in a blog post. The plug-in works with ...