Google announced overnight the release and open-sourcing of a trio of tools designed to help JavaScript developers.

At JSConf in Florida today, Microsoft announced that it is open sourcing Chakra, the JavaScript engine used in its Edge and Internet Explorer browsers. The code will be published to the company's ...

Now that the library is open source, developers can use it to build and design Windows-like Web applications for other browsers and platforms, including Chrome, Firefox, Android, and iOS.

In a power move, Microsoft is open sourcing one of the most important parts of its browser's engine.

Microsoft announced plans to open-source the JavaScript engine behind its Edge Web browser.