CommonJS
CommonJS is a project with the goal of specifying an ecosystem for JavaScript outside the browser (for example, on the server or for native desktop applications).
History[edit]
The project was started by Mozilla engineer Kevin Dangoor in January 2009 and initially named ServerJS.[1]
| “ | What I’m describing here is not a technical problem. It’s a matter of people getting together and making a decision to step forward and start building up something bigger and cooler together. | ” |
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— Kevin Dangoor[1]
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In August 2009, the project was renamed CommonJS to show the broader applicability of the APIs.[2] Specifications are created and approved in an open process. A specification is only considered final after it has been finished by multiple implementations.[3] CommonJS is not affiliated with the Ecma International group TC39 working on ECMAScript, but some members of TC39 participate in the project.[4]
In May 2013, Isaac Z. Schlueter, the author of npm, the package manager for Node.js, said CommonJS is being made obsolete by Node.js, and is avoided by the core Node.js developers.[5]
Specifications[edit]
The list of specifications includes:[6]
Current[edit]
- Modules/1.0 (Superseded by Modules/1.1)
- Modules/1.1
- Modules/1.1.1
- Packages/1.0
- Promises/B
- Promises/C
- System/1.0
Proposals[edit]
- Binary/B
- Binary/F
- Console
- Encodings/A
- Filesystem/A
- Filesystem/A/0
- Modules/Async/A
- Modules/Transport/B
- Packages/1.1
- Packages/Mappings
- Unit Testing/1.0
Implementations[edit]
- Akshell[7]
- Common Node[8]
- CommonJS Compiler - a command-line tool that makes Common JS modules suitable for in-browser use[9]
- CommonJS for PHP - a light-weight CommonJS implementation for PHP 5.3+[10]
- CouchDB[11]
- Flusspferd[12]
- GPSEE[13]
- Jetpack
- Joyent Smart Platform[14]
- JSBuild[15]
- MongoDB[16]
- Narwhal (JavaScript platform)[17]
- node.js[18]
- Persevere[19]
- PINF JavaScript Loader[20]
- RingoJS[21]
- SilkJS[22]
- SproutCore[23]
- TeaJS[24]
- Wakanda[25]
- XULJet[26]
See also[edit]
- Comparison of server-side JavaScript solutions
- Document Object Model (DOM), a web browser client-side application programming interface (API) commonly available in JavaScript
- JSGI
References[edit]
- ^ a b What Server Side JavaScript needs - Blue Sky On Mars
- ^ CommonJS: JavaScript Standard Library
- ^ ProposalProcess - CommonJS Spec Wiki
- ^ CommonJS: the First Year - Blue Sky On Mars
- ^ Schlueter, Isaac Z. (25 Mar 2013). "Forget CommonJS. It's dead. **We are server side JavaScript.**". GitHub.
- ^ "JavaScript Standard Library". CommonJS. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ^ Server-side JavaScript development and hosting - Akshell
- ^ olegp/common-node @ GitHub
- ^ - GitHub
- ^ DrBenton/CommonJSForPHP - GitHub
- ^ Implementations/CouchDB - CommonJS Spec Wiki
- ^ Flusspferd - CommonJS platform | Javascript bindings for C
- ^ Implementations/GPSEE - CommonJS Spec Wiki
- ^ Implementations/Smart - CommonJS Spec Wiki
- ^ Homepage - JSBuild
- ^ MongoDB
- ^ Implementations/Narwhal - CommonJS Spec Wiki
- ^ Implementations/node.js - CommonJS Spec Wiki
- ^ Implementations/Persevere - CommonJS Spec Wiki
- ^ pinf/loader-js - GitHub
- ^ Implementations/RingoJS - CommonJS Spec Wiki
- ^ SilkJS WWW Site
- ^ Implementations/SproutCore - CommonJS Spec Wiki
- ^ Implementations/TeaJS - CommonJS Spec Wiki
- ^ Wakanda
- ^ xuljet - XUL JavaScript Enhanced Toolkit - Google Project Hosting
External links[edit]
- Official website
- CommonJS effort sets JavaScript on path for world domination (article on Ars Technica)
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