JavaScript is a great language. It has a simple syntax, large ecosystem and, what is most important, a great community. At the same time, we all know that JavaScript is quite a funny language with ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. In January 2025 I was in Santa Clara, California writing some JavaScript to perform some reporting. I wanted to be ...

We’ll start with the most far-reaching addition, which the spec describes as “a new Iterator global with associated static and prototype methods for working with iterators.” The most exciting part of ...

Node.js has revolutionized the landscape of web development since its inception. Initially regarded as a bold experiment, Node.js has evolved into a fundamental component of modern web development, ...

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Can be used as a plain script, a Node.js module or an AMD module. Besides alea, there are several other faster PRNGs available. Note that none of these fast PRNGs provide autoseeding: you need to ...