Microsoft to open source Chakra JavaScript engine
Microsoft will open up its Chakra JavaScript engine as an open-source project on GitHub next month.
The code repository, called ChakraCore, will include the key components of Chakra engine used for its Edge browser, according to a blog post.
Like many other vendors, Microsoft built its own JavaScript engine in 2008 as the coding language became increasingly crucial to the Web and for many other uses, including mobile apps, cloud services, NoSQL databases, game engines and front-end tools.
Microsoft has applied Chakra in many Windows applications in Xboxes, its phones and operating system.
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