Lars Bak is a virtual machine master. He and team have created a Javascript VM, V8, that takes Javascript syntax and produces optimized machine code directly. The result is very performant execution o... (more…)

The WeakMap object is a collection of key/value pairs in which the keys are weakly referenced. The keys must be objects and the values can… (more…)

Learn about some of the ways in which JavaScript works internally with a basic primer on the thread of execution. (more…)

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The guide that will make you understand prototypal inheritance in JavaScript: prototype object, inherited propertes, chain of prototypes. (more…)