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Everything about ECMAScript for XML
JavaScript extension to support XML
ECMAScript for XML (E4X) was an extension to ECMAScript to add native support for Extensible Markup Language (XML). The goal was to provide a simpler alternative to the Document Object Model (DOM) interface for accessing XML documents. E4X added XML as a primitive data structure to allow faster and easier access to XML manipulation and better support within the language. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ECMAScript for XMLA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: JavaScriptThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Design and Implementation of ECMAScript Interpreter for VXML ExecutionCited 0 times
- Go sideways: JSONA closely related topic
- Go sideways: SpiderMonkeyA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
JavaScriptDavid Flanagan · 1996
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