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== Definition ==

{{quotation | 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.}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript Wikipedia]), retrieved 12:49, 22 May 2007 (MEST)).

See also:
* [[JavaScript links]]
* [[jQuery]]

Related entries: [[Scripting language]], [[AJAX]], [[SVG]], [[XHTML]], [[Sharable Content Object Reference Model]], ....

== Short history ==

See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript Wikipedia] article for the moment ...

== References ==
Consult [http://www.ecmascript.org/index.php ecmascript.org] for news.

=== Standards ===

* [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)
** This is a new standard that isn't very much implemented yet.

; Under preparation
* ECMAScript 3.1 (early 2009) ?
** See [http://ejohn.org/blog/ecmascript-harmony/ ECMAScript Harmony] for a discussion

; Failed standards

* ECMAScript 4, a draft specification that was the basis for JavaScript 2.0 (Firefox) and ActionScript 3 (Adobe) has been [https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2008-August/003400.html given up] by the Technical committe in Aug 2008. There will be a version 4 sometimes, but for instance packages are dropped. Read some comments:
** [http://ejohn.org/blog/ecmascript-harmony/ ECMAScript Harmony]
** [http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/08/javascript_stal.html JavaScript Stalled, AS3 Orphaned - Microsoft to Blame?] (Grant Skinner, Aug 2008)
** [http://whydoeseverythingsuck.com/2008/08/ru-roh-adobe-screwed-by-ecmascript.html Ru Roh! Adobe Screwed By EcmaScript Standards Agreement] (Hank Williams, Aug 2008).

=== Manuals ===

Human readable ECMAScript manuals don't seem to exist. We therefore suggest to consult JavaScript manuals, in particular
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/JavaScript The Mozilla documentation]:
** [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference Core JavaScript Reference]
** [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Guide Core JavaScript Guide] Primary Mozilla reference for programmers
** [http://wiki.ecmascript.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?id=resources%3Aresources&cache=cache&media=resources:jscriptdeviationsfromes3.pdf JScript Deviations from ES3] (PDF doc from Microsoft), Retrieved April 2008.

[[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] doesn't know how good a various implementations are. Probably none is 100% correct ECMA-357-3. On the other hand, most 2008 browsers (IE7, FF2, Opera 9, etc.) implement ECMA-357 reasonably well. The trouble is [[DOM]], i.e. DOM level 2 and 3 HTML and XML bindings.

=== Overviews ===

* [http://www.ecmascript.org/es4/spec/overview.pdf language overview whitepaper] (oct 2007)

=== Tutorials ===

See [[JavaScript links]] for JavaScript tutorials (lots...)

* [http://www.ecmascript.org/es4/spec/evolutionary-programming-tutorial.pdf evolutionary programming in ES4], 2007

=== E4X ===

See [[ECMAscript for XML]]

* Fremantle, Paul and Anthony Elder (1005). AJAX and scripting Web services with E4X, Part 1, IBM Works, [http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-ajax1/ HTML]

* [http://www.w3schools.com/e4x/default.asp E4X Tutorial], W3Schools.

* [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/]

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