A new CDN offering from Cloudflare Inc. enables developers to use edge JavaScript to weave logic into applications. With the Cloudflare Workers tool, developers gain flexibility in how they build ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a highly technical blog post, Microsoft talked about how it was trying to improve the Chakra ...

Securely execute Node.js workloads in WebAssembly sandboxes – that is the goal of the new JavaScript runtime Edge.js.

To better band together with the tech community and be more transparent in its operations, Microsoft has turned to open-source development to foster stronger relationships with developers while making ...

At JSConf in Florida today, Microsoft announced that it is open sourcing Chakra, the JavaScript engine used in its Edge and Internet Explorer browsers. The code will be published to the company’s ...

Javascript is a programming language that's loved and reviled in equal measures. Often seen as a powerful and complex beast, it has enabled many rich experiences on the Web that wouldn't have been ...

Who says Microsoft doesn't get open source these days? On January 13, 2016, Microsoft made good its December 2015 promise to open source ChakraCore, the Microsoft Edge JavaScript engine. And, believe ...