The Microsoft-backed programming language jumps up again in the rankings of most popular languages among developers.

Recently Google announced a JavaScript alternative called Dart that they had been developing themselves. So this is perhaps the best time to take a look at some alternatives to JavaScript.

Google releases first beta SDK for its Dart JavaScript alternative, including 20% faster analysis engine ...

It’s rare to see Google and Microsoft work together on much, so you know there must be something special behind WebAssembly, a new binary format for compiling applications for the web ...

CoffeeScript, a preprocessor that takes code and compiles it to JavaScript, is creeping forward in a prominent language popularity index — a sign that developers want alternatives to JavaScript ...

Promoting its own alternative language to JavaScript, Google is working to bridge JavaScript to Google Dart, with the release Monday of a mapping application that the company is calling its ...