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WTF is Ecma International and ECMAScript

What is Ecma International?
Ecma International is an industry association founded in 1961 and dedicated to the standardization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Consumer Electronics (CE).

What is ECMAScript ?
ECMAScript is a scripting-language specification standardized by Ecma International.

JavaScript follows ECMAScript standard

This year ES11 (ECMAScript 2020) is released with some cool features.

Link of Documentations from ECMAScript 2015 AKA ES6 to ECMAScript 2020 AKA ES11 is given below.

ES6 : http://es6-features.org

ES7 to ES11 : https://dev.to/carlillo/es2016-features-with-simple-examples-3ifc

Here is roadmap of ECMAScript Standards and how it works behind the scenes : https://accedia.com/blog/posts/accedia-blog/2019/08/29/ecmascript-release-roadmap

Here is all different types ECMA Standards (JS follows ECMAScript standard) : https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Stnindex.htm

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