Unlike many other scripting languages, JavaScript's standard library is very slim and doesn't come with very much additional infrastructure. Developers who build GTK+ applications with Seed will ...

Create a variable in the JavaScript tags to initialize an ActiveX object that can run commands through a command line: Add another line inside the script tags to run a desktop application.

Qt is an open source toolkit designed to support cross-platform desktop and mobile application development. It provides libraries, user interface controls, and other components.

Being able to work comfortably on Web-related code elements -- HTML, CSS, and JavaScript -- has become an increasingly important skill for all kinds of software development projects. Web apps, ...

Electron is a framework for building desktop applications. Microsoft has been working on "Teams 2.0", which reportedly will move the desktop app off Electron in pursuit of better performance.

On the desktop, the biggest improvement appears to be an new JavaScript compiler known as IonMonkey, which Moziilla claims will allow web apps and games will run up to 25 percent faster.