ECMAScript

  • Formal standard to address the growing number of JavaScript variants (JavaScript, JScript)
  • Derived from JavaScript 1.1
  • ECMAScript combined with HTML DOM corresponds closely to existing implementations of JavaScript and JScript

Web browser support

  • Version 3 is roughly supported by JavaScript 1.5 (NS 6) and JScript 5.5 (IE 5.5)
  • Version 1 is roughly supported by JavaScript 1.3 (NS 4.5) and JScript 3.0 (IE 4)

Resources URL: 
notes/javascript/resources
Sources URL: 
notes/javascript/sources

See Also