Microsoft announced on the official blog, will be held next month in code sharing Chakra on the hosting website GitHub source code. Chakra is the Edge browser's JavaScript engine. In addition, Microsoft will accept from the external developers contribute code.
However, this does not mean that the entire Edge browser, open source, users can not only use ChakraCore to browse the Web. But Microsoft believes that its JavaScript engine can be used in a wide range of applications, such as games, cloud computing services, and Internet equipment.
Taking into account the JavaScript is a programming language developed for the Web browser, Microsoft plans a bit hard to understand. In recent years, however, due to the development of Node.js, JavaScript is being used in other applications. As a platform and Node.js to run JavaScript on the server or on a different computer. (Though the Node.js rely on Google's V8, which is the Chrome browser's JavaScript engine. ）
So why developers Chakra to use, instead of the V8? Microsoft said the Chakra to better support the latest version of JavaScript. At present, the Chakra used by Microsoft in other occasions besides the Edge browser, such as the Xbox and Windows Phone, and Cortana Outlook.com and server-side.
Node.js can now be run on Chakra, but need Windows environment. But Microsoft said Chakra would also apply to other platforms in the future. After the Chakra source, Microsoft can be integrated in the Linux release, ChakraCore and independent developers can be portable to other platforms.
Through the sharing of Chakra code, Apple, Google and Mozilla browser developers can understand Microsoft's practices and optimize their JavaScript engines.
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