Google: Dart will rescue browsers from JavaScript The programming language for Web sites and Web apps is less complex and therefore easier to develop, Chrome programmers argue at Google I/O.

Here's a look at JavaScript’s renaissance—from being just a web application enabler to evolving into a powerful AI platform.

Browsers are pushed to their performance limits in disciplines such as page loading, response speed, JavaScript or web assembly, and graphics performance.

That component is the Just In Time (JIT) compiler. It’s part of the V8 Javascript engine that has delivered peak performance to Google Chrome for more than a decade (and now Microsoft Edge, too).