On March 19, 2003, Microsoft warned of a flaw in the Windows Script Engine, which executes JScript and Visual Basic scripts on a Windows computer. The scripts can be used to add functionality on a Web ...

Jeff Friesen’s Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional is out now from Apress. In this article Jeff introduces you to his new book by presenting excerpts from its chapter on the Java ...

In context: Windows has included a proprietary JavaScript engine since the release of Internet Explorer 3.0 nearly 30 years ago. Technically, JScript is Microsoft's own dialect of the ...

Internet Explorer's scripting engine was the favorite target of a North Korean cyber-espionage group this year, after the hackers deployed two zero-days, but also crafted new exploits for two other ...

The Web scripting capability of Java Specification Request (JSR) 223, Scripting for the Java Platform, specifies what a script engine must implement so that code written in the script language can run ...

Oracle announced via JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 355 that the Nashorn JavaScript Engine may soon be deprecated and eventually removed from all future Java Development Kits (JDKs). With the rapid ...