Feature bloat, or added value for this JavaScript toolkit? The Bun team has released version 1.2.21 of its JavaScript bundler and runtime, written in Zig, adding features including built-in drivers ...

Tenko is a 100% specification compliant JavaScript parser authored in JavaScript. Tenko fully supports parsing for ES6 through ES2020 syntax and language features.

Rasmus Andersson released markdown-wasm, a very fast Markdown parser ported from C to WebAssembly. markdown-wasm is twice as fast as the best JavaScript Markdown parser in one benchmark. markdown ...

Cloudflare-backed BinaryAST, a faster and more efficient method of loading JavaScript apps, is supported by the latest versions of Firefox.

To improve parsing speed, V8 Version 7.2 includes what Google calls the engine’s fastest-ever JavaScript parser, resulting in quicker page loading and more-responsive pages.

Parse, the Y Combinator-backed startup that powers the back-end for mobile apps like Band of the Day and Hipmunk, is rolling out support for mobile web apps too. The San Francisco startup has a ...

The parser’s runtime performance streamlining has been improved as well. “This streamlining, combined with other optimizations of JavaScript builtins and how accesses of properties on ...

However, asm.js caused mobile devices to run too hot because of the JavaScript parser, former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich noted at the launch of WebAssembly.