I have successful, complex native-code apps in the Apple App Store. All of this gives me a certified real-world perspective. For most business applications, JavaScript does not execute in a vacuum.

Tabris.js is an open source mobile framework aimed to build native iOS and Android apps entirely in JavaScript. Among the main benefits of Tabris.js are performance, a fast development cycle, and ...

The JavaScript code that actually runs in the app is handled by Chakra. To support development of React Native apps, Microsoft has released the React Native extension for Visual Studio Code.

Native Client is a set of open source tools that allow Chrome to run compiled C and C++ code the same way the browser currently runs JavaScript or other common web programming languages.

The highly anticipated React Native project from Facebook has been officially open sourced and released, possibly heralding a sea wave change in mobile UI app development practices.

React Native ensures near-native speed by utilizing a bridge method to connect JavaScript code with native components.

JavaScript creator Brendan Eich included a demonstration of the H.264 decoder—codenamed Broadway—during a presentation at the ACM’s annual OOPSLA conference.

Given the choice between native code (e.g., iOS app) and Javascript, native code will win on CPU load/battery drain by a long way, if we're still talking a 2x performance penalty for Javascript.

Agoric, the JavaScript-native smart contract platform, has closed its public token sale, having sold more than $50M of BLD tokens.

Microsoft is revamping its TypeScript programming language with a native compiler and toolset. This effort seeks to address performance challenges, especially in large codebases, by porting the ...