Wikipedia:WikiProject JavaScript/Glossary of JavaScript

This is an alphabetized glossary of terms pertaining to the programming language JavaScript, along with their definitions in the context of that language. JavaScript is the programming language of the Web. It is one of the 3 core web development technologies (the other two being HTML and CSS), and it is used on most web pages. Note that JavaScript is not related to Java; they are two distinctly different programming languages. Communication about JavaScript is highly jargonized. The following entries should help in understanding reading material about JavaScript, and serve as search terms for exploring the subject further.

A

• Application development –
• Asynchrony –
• Asynchronous JavaScript –

B

• Best practice –

C

• Client-side –
• Client-side JavaScript –
• Closure –

E

• Ecosystem –

F

• Function –
  • Generator function –

G

• Generator function –

J

• JavaScript ecosystem –

O

• Object –
• Operator –

P

• Promise –

S

• Scope –
• Server-side –
• Server-side JavaScript –
• Subroutine – another name for "function".