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=== Standards === | === Standards === | ||
* [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm | * [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm ECMA-262 ECMAScript Language Specification] 3rd edition (E262-3) (December 1999) | ||
* [http://www.mozilla.org/js/language/E262-3.pdf E262-3] at Mozilla.org | |||
* [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm Standard ECMA-357], ECMAScript for XML (E4X) Specification, 2nd edition (December 2005) | * [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm Standard ECMA-357], ECMAScript for XML (E4X) Specification, 2nd edition (December 2005) | ||
** This is a new standard that isn't very much implemented yet. | ** This is a new standard that isn't very much implemented yet. | ||
* ECMAScript 4, the specification for JavaScript 2.0 and (most of) ActionScript 3 was still in preparation in April 2008. (Consult [http://www.ecmascript.org/index.php ecmascript.org] for news) | |||
=== Overviews === | |||
* [http://www.ecmascript.org/es4/spec/overview.pdf language overview whitepaper] (oct 2007) | |||
=== Tutorials === | === Tutorials === | ||
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* [http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2007/11/28/introducing-e4x.html Introducing E4X] (by Kurt Cagle, xml.com, nov 2007) | * [http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2007/11/28/introducing-e4x.html Introducing E4X] (by Kurt Cagle, xml.com, nov 2007) | ||
== Other links == | |||
* [http://www.ecmascript.org/ http://www.ecmascript.org/] | |||
[[Category: Technologies]] | [[Category: Technologies]] | ||
Revision as of 14:02, 14 April 2008
Definition
“ECMAScript is a scripting programming language, standardized by Ecma International in the ECMA-262 specification. The language is widely used on the web, and is often referred to as JavaScript or JScript, after the two primary implementations of the specification.” (Wikipedia), retrieved 12:49, 22 May 2007 (MEST)).
Related entries: JavaScript links, AJAX, SVG, XHTML, Sharable Content Object Reference Model, ....
Short history
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References
Standards
- ECMA-262 ECMAScript Language Specification 3rd edition (E262-3) (December 1999)
- E262-3 at Mozilla.org
- Standard ECMA-357, ECMAScript for XML (E4X) Specification, 2nd edition (December 2005)
- This is a new standard that isn't very much implemented yet.
- ECMAScript 4, the specification for JavaScript 2.0 and (most of) ActionScript 3 was still in preparation in April 2008. (Consult ecmascript.org for news)
Overviews
- language overview whitepaper (oct 2007)
Tutorials
- Object-Oriented JavaScript, Webreference, 2007 by Cristian Darie, Bogdan Brinzarea
E4X
- Fremantle, Paul and Anthony Elder (1005). AJAX and scripting Web services with E4X, Part 1, IBM Works, HTML
- E4X Tutorial, W3Schools.
- Introducing E4X (by Kurt Cagle, xml.com, nov 2007)