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"Javascript hijacking"

I believe "Javascript hijacking" is no longer in use. The standardized term for this exploit is now XSSI (Cross site script inclusion). This is a variation of CSRF that is described so we should probably create an article specifically for XSSI, link to it here and in the CSRF article.

(BTW: XSSI is also a term for extended server-side includes, so YMMV on whether the current terminology is better/worse than Javascript hijacking. In any case we probably should have a separate page for one of the other as the description here is rather spartan.)

- tychay (tchay@wikimedia) (talk)

Javascript is truly object-oriented

From Prototype-based: Prototype-based programming is a style of object-oriented programming in which classes are not present, and behavior reuse (known as inheritance in class-based languages) is performed via a process of cloning existing objects that serve as prototypes. - I strongly disagree with the (academic) concept that only inheriteable classes are objects. Why aren' structs in C and functions in Javascript (together with the "new" operator) called what they are: Objects?! Let's face the truth: The actual use of the word "objectoriented" is wrong, because very limited. It should be called "objectoriented" (C, Javascript) and "inheriteable-objectoriented" (Java, aso.) languages. However, component-based programming works very well in Javascript, so no inheritance is needed anyway. 178.197.236.172 (talk) 15:16, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Does regex in JavaScript come from Perl ?

Does regex in JavaScript come from Perl ? Is there a reference for this claim ?

Is there any other respect in which Self, StrongTalk and LiveScript were influenced by Perl ?

G. Robert Shiplett 00:29, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

JavaScript 1.8.6 (or even newer?)

According to: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference there is supposedly JavaScript 1.8.6 included with Spidermonkey 17 (Firefox 17). This page might be in error (someone let them know then..) since their own Spidermonkey page: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/SpiderMonkey says 1.8.5. I say we correct the wikipedia page to match the infobox. comp.arch (talk) 14:43, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Another relevant article about this is: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/17?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Firefox_17_for_developers

Firefox 17 for Developers does definitely not fit in the list. I suggest making an extra column to indicate when the respective version changes occurred in this developer edition of Firefox or removing the last row as a whole and setting 1.8.5 as green/lastest version. Johannes Hillert (talk) 01:33, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Implicit and explicit delegation

I see that we have a new section called 'Implicit and Explicit Delegation'. I have used JavaScript for some years and I understand barely a word of this new material. I also see that where it is referenced, it cites [a Wordpress blog. If other editors agree that this is valid and WP:DUE article content, can someone also bring all the title capitalisation, word spacing and so on into line with WP:MoS?

Important information missing

There should be a subheading of level 2 about the action JavaScript does on certain web pages even when it's not installed on your computer. For example, in some web pages, before an image loads, it appears as a Java logo. Blackbombchu (talk) 02:12, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

There should also be a section Fake JavaScript download and under it should list the Java update virus. Blackbombchu (talk) 23:33, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Java and JavaScript are not related, so I don't know what you're suggesting. --Golbez (talk) 20:50, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

ECMAScript standard

Concerning the following line from the article:

"A fourth edition of the ECMAScript standard was not released and does not exist. Fifth edition of the Ecmascript standard was released in December 2009."

This line, apart from its syntactic issues, needs clarification. What is meant by "does not exist"? According to this page from the official ECMAScript web site, a would-be fourth edition was under development at one time but was never completed. Vikingurinn (talk) 21:41, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Appears fixed now. Rp (talk) 15:34, 9 December 2013 (UTC)