JavaScript Technologies Reference List and Sources

Core Languages

1. JavaScript

Official Name ECMAScript / JavaScript
Initial Release December 1995
Creator Brendan Eich (Netscape)
Current Maintainer Ecma International (TC39)

Source	Type
Official Specification	Primary
ECMAScript Proposals	Primary
MDN Web Docs	Primary
JavaScript.info	Secondary
Test Suite	Primary
Brendan Eich's Blog	Historical
JavaScript: The Good Parts, Douglas Crockford (O'Reilly, 2008)	Historical
You Don't Know JS, Kyle Simpson	Historical

2. TypeScript

Official Name TypeScript
Initial Release October 2012
Creator Anders Hejlsberg (Microsoft)
Current Maintainer Microsoft

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Handbook	Primary
GitHub Stars	Statistics
npm Downloads	Statistics
Stack Overflow Survey	Statistics
State of JS Survey	Statistics
"Understanding TypeScript's Popularity" (ACM SIGPLAN, 2021)	Academic
"Static Analysis of JavaScript with TypeScript" (ECOOP, 2019)	Academic

JavaScript Runtimes

3. Node.js

Official Name Node.js
Initial Release May 2009
Creator Ryan Dahl
Current Maintainer OpenJS Foundation

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Performance Benchmarks	Benchmark
User Survey	Statistics
Ryan Dahl's JSConf EU Presentation (2009)	Historical
Node.js in Action, Mike Cantelon et al. (Manning, 2017)	Historical

4. Deno

Official Name Deno
Initial Release May 2020
Creator Ryan Dahl
Current Maintainer Deno Land Inc.

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Blog	Primary
GitHub Stars	Statistics
"10 Things I Regret About Node.js" - Ryan Dahl (JSConf EU 2018)	Historical
Deno 1.0 Release Blog Post	Historical

5. Bun

Official Name Bun
Initial Release July 2023
Creator Jarred Sumner
Current Maintainer Oven Inc.

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Blog	Primary
Benchmarks	Benchmark
GitHub Stars	Statistics

Frontend Frameworks

6. React

Official Name React
Initial Release May 2013
Creator Jordan Walke (Facebook)
Current Maintainer Meta (Facebook)

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Developer Survey	Statistics
"Introducing React" Blog Post (2013)	Historical
"React: Facebook's Functional Turn On Writing JavaScript" (Wired, 2015)	Historical

7. Angular

Official Name Angular (formerly Angular 2+)
Initial Release September 2016
Creator Google Angular Team
Current Maintainer Google

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Blog	Primary
Release Notes	Primary
Developer Survey	Statistics

Related - AngularJS (Legacy)
AngularJS Website angularjs.org
AngularJS Repository github.com/angular/angular.js
Initial Release October 2010
Creator Miško Hevery (Google)

8. Vue.js

Official Name Vue.js
Initial Release February 2014
Creator Evan You
Current Maintainer Vue.js Core Team

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Blog	Primary
Release Notes	Primary
State of Vue Report	Statistics

9. Svelte

Official Name Svelte
Initial Release November 2016
Creator Rich Harris
Current Maintainer Svelte Team

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Tutorial	Primary
Blog	Primary

Related - SvelteKit
Website kit.svelte.dev
Repository github.com/sveltejs/kit

10. jQuery

Official Name jQuery
Initial Release August 2006
Creator John Resig
Current Maintainer jQuery Foundation

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Learning Center	Primary
jQuery in Action, Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz (Manning, 2017)	Historical
jQuery Usage Statistics	Statistics

11. Next.js

Official Name Next.js
Initial Release October 2016
Creator Guillermo Rauch (Vercel)
Current Maintainer Vercel

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Blog	Primary
Learn Portal	Primary

Build Tools and Bundlers

12. webpack

Official Name webpack
Initial Release February 2012
Creator Tobias Koppers
Current Maintainer webpack Team

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Blog	Primary
Config Reference	Primary

13. Vite

Official Name Vite
Initial Release April 2020
Creator Evan You
Current Maintainer Vite Team

Source	Type
Official Website	Primary
Repository	Primary
Documentation	Primary
Blog	Primary
Config Reference	Primary

Data Validation Sources

Package Registry Statistics

Community Metrics

Stack Overflow Tag Statistics
Reddit /r/javascript
Discord/Slack (technology specific communities)

Enterprise Adoption Indicators

LinkedIn, Indeed, Stack Overflow Jobs (Job posting analysis)
StackShare.io, Wappalyzer (Corporate technology stacks)
Fortune 500 Technology Surveys

Quality Assurance and Validation

Source Reliability Classification

Primary: Official documentation, repositories, maintainer communications
Secondary: Community surveys, third-party analysis, academic research
Tertiary: Blog posts, forums, informal community feedback

Data Triangulation Methods

Cross-reference multiple sources for each data point
Validate trends against known historical events
Expert review by JavaScript ecosystem professionals
Statistical consistency checks across time series

Update & Maintenance Schedule

Quarterly Reviews: Major version releases, significant changes
Annual Updates: Comprehensive audit of all sources and metrics
Event-Driven: Immediate updates for major ecosystem changes

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