KJS (software)
Original author(s) | Harri Porten |
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Developer(s) | KDE |
Initial release | 2000 |
Stable release | 5.9.0 (April 10, 2015 ) [±][1] |
Preview release | 5.2 (June 5, 2014 ) [±][2] |
Type | JavaScript engine |
Website | JavaScript (ECMAScript) |
KJS is KDE's ECMAScript-JavaScript engine that was originally developed for the KDE project's Konqueror web browser by Harri Porten in 2000.
On June 13, 2002, Maciej Stachowiak announced on a mailing list that Apple was releasing JavaScriptCore, a framework for Mac OS X that was based on KJS.[3] Through the WebKit project, JavaScriptCore has since evolved into SquirrelFish Extreme, a JavaScript engine that compiles JavaScript into native machine code.
References
- ↑ "KDE Frameworks 5.9 Adds ModemManagerQt". Phoronix. 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ↑ "KDE Ships Third Beta of Frameworks 5". KDE. 2014-06-05.
- ↑ kde-darwin mailing list, June 2002
External links
- KJS (KDE JavaScript/EcmaScript Engine) - api.kde.org
- KJSEmbed (allows access to QObjects from JavaScript)
- KJSEmbed Documentation
- OpenDarwin's Javascript engine based on KJS
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