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ECMA Resources

ECMA
The standards bearer for the JavaScript technology.

ECMA Technical Commitee 39 (TC39)
TC39 is responsible for shaping the EcmaScript language. Available are some of their current working documents, including drafts of new proposals and of the EcmaScript standard itself.

The Competition

Mozilla.org JavaScript
The original JavaScript engine, as freed by the Mozilla project. Also available is packages of the JavaScript engine and information on building it on Linux systems.

SwigJS
A derivative of SWIG, the Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator, designed to take a C header file and create a wrapper allowing the functionality of that header to be accessed from JavaScript. Takes a different approach from jig, which specifies the interface and implementation in a declaration language

JSGtk
A binding of the GTK user interface toolkit for the Mozilla engine, built using SwigJS.

FESI
FESI (pronounced like fuzzy) is an implementation of EcmaScript in Java. It features integration with Java classes ala Netscape's LiveConnect, and even has an interface to Swing.

Other Resources

The Great Computer Language Shootout
A comprehensive comparison of over 30 different scripting and compiled languages. NJS 0.2.5 is compared.