{"id":256,"slug":"ecmascript","name":"ECMAScript","short_description":"ECMAScript is the language standard behind JavaScript and other, similar languages.","url":"https://github.com/topics/ecmascript","github_count":1620,"created_by":"Brendan Eich, Ecma International","logo_url":"https://explore-feed.github.com/topics/ecmascript/ecmascript.png","released":"June 1997","wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript","related_topics":["ecma-262","javascript","js","actionscript","jscript","qtscript","inscript","google-apps-script","nodejs"],"aliases":["es6"],"github_url":"https://github.com/tc39","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eECMAScript\u003c/strong\u003e is the standardization of the family of scripting languages that includes JavaScript. New versions of the standard are released every year. It is standardized by Ecma International. ECMAScript is commonly used for client-side scripting on the World Wide Web, and it is increasingly being used to write server-side applications and services using Node.js and other runtime environments. The ECMAScript language includes \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/topics/structured-programming\"\u003estructured\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/topics/dynamic-programmng\"\u003edynamic\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/topics/functional-programming\"\u003efunctional\u003c/a\u003e, and prototype-based features.\u003c/p\u003e\n","created_at":"2024-07-29T13:38:12.112Z","updated_at":"2026-06-11T00:09:02.898Z","topic_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/topics/ecmascript","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/topics/ecmascript","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects?keyword=ecmascript","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists?topic=ecmascript"}