# JavaScript | MDN

> JavaScript (JS) is a lightweight interpreted (or just-in-time compiled) programming language with first-class functions. While it is most well-known as the scripting language for Web pages, many non-browser environments…

- **Category:** Learning
- **Kind:** Tool
- **Host:** developer.mozilla.org
- **Destination:** https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
- **Date added:** 2018

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