However, JavaScript compilers can optimize your JavaScript code and generate improved code. The compiled JavaScript files are smaller than your original JavaScript files, reducing download times ...

Emscripten C/C++-to-JavaScript project uses a back-end derived from LLVM for greater speed and a more dedicated compiler.

Using Microsoft Roslyn and Visual Studio, dev shops with C# assets can compile apps to run in the browser with no extra coding A new compiler lets programmers use their C# skills to build JavaScript ...

We looked last week at some of the things that can influence the speed of programming languages and how different approaches to running code can influence program performance. Some work described by ...

Sparkplug is a new JavaScript compiler that fills the gap between needing to start executing quickly and optimizing the code for maximum performance.

The popular open source Babel compiler that makes modern JavaScript compatible with older environments has shipped in version 7 and, with help from Microsoft, now supports TypeScript. Babel, a ...

The compiler generates source maps for compiled code, so that stack traces refer to locations in the original Scala code rather than the generated JavaScript.