This page tries to track ongoing documentation work in the MDN JavaScript section. Feel free to contribute!
Summary
| Pages | No tags | Needs* tags | Missing tags | Editorial reviews | Technical reviews | Outdated pages | Dev-doc-needed bugs | Documentation requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 785 | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (1%) |
See also localization status of this section.
Needs* tags
Found 1 pages. Learn more about how to deal with meta-tags.
- NeedsMobileBrowserCompatibility
- NeedsBrowserCompatibility
Documentation requests
Found 6 bugs. Documentation request bugs can contain various kinds work related to MDN pages. Read through the bug and ask questions in the bug if in doubt.
| Bug | Summary |
|---|---|
| 1179881 | Write a JS error reference |
| 1201380 | Examples and text don't match up in "details of the object model" page |
| 1204224 | Unclear explanation in "Working With Objects" tutorial |
| 1243496 | The function declaration and function expression documentation is incorrect |
| 1245977 | MathML fallback: square root is not displayed correctly |
| 1275854 | XMLHttpRequest timeout document doesn't exist |
Browse as bug list.
Localizations
Please help us to localize this documentation into different languages. Read more about how to translate.
| Language | Pages | Translated | Translations up to date |
|---|---|---|---|
| bn-BD | 783 | 32 (4%) | 0 (0%) |
| ca | 783 | 320 (40%) | 28 (8%) |
| de | 783 | 306 (39%) | 204 (66%) |
| es | 784 | 287 (36%) | 41 (14%) |
| fa | 783 | 9 (1%) | 2 (22%) |
| fr | 783 | 783 (100%) | 783 (100%) |
| it | 784 | 65 (8%) | 3 (4%) |
| ja | 783 | 737 (94%) | 102 (13%) |
| ko | 782 | 163 (20%) | 59 (36%) |
| nl | 707 | 13 (1%) | 6 (46%) |
| pl | 783 | 258 (32%) | 6 (2%) |
| pt-BR | 754 | 216 (28%) | 33 (15%) |
| ru | 784 | 480 (61%) | 47 (9%) |
| zh-CN | 783 | 486 (62%) | 110 (22%) |
| zh-TW | 783 | 58 (7%) | 6 (10%) |
Structure of the MDN JavaScript docs
| # | Chapter | Pages | Priority | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Value & function properties in the global scope | 16 | 1 | Complete. |
| 1 | Object | 40 | 1 |
Complete. |
| 2 | Function | 14 | 1 | Complete. |
| 3 | Array | 38 | 1 | Complete. |
| 4 | String | 50 | 1 | Complete. |
| 5 | Boolean | 5 | 1 | Complete. |
| 6 | Number | 24 | 1 |
Complete. |
| 7 | Math | 44 | 1 | Complete. |
| 8 | Date | 53 | 1 | Complete. |
| 9 | RegExp | 21 | 1 | Complete. |
| 10 |
Error |
24 | 4 | Complete. |
| 11 | JSON | 3 | 1 | Complete. |
| 12 | Intl Intl.Collator Intl.DateTimeFormat Intl.NumberFormat |
16 | 2 | Complete. |
| 13 | Map | 13 | 2 | Complete. |
| 14 | WeakMap | 7 | 2 | Complete. |
| 15 | Set | 11 | 2 | Complete. |
| 16 | SIMD
Float32x4 |
3 | In Nightly. Spec in flux. | |
| 17 | WeakSet | 6 | 2 | Complete. |
| 18 | Proxy | 17 | 3 | Complete. |
| 19 | Reflect | 15 | 3 | Complete. |
| 20 | Generator (legacy and ES6) Iterator StopIteration GeneratorFunction |
8 | 2 | Complete. |
| 21 | ArrayBuffer (6)DataView (21)TypedArray (34 [+ 3])Float32ArrayFloat64ArrayInt16ArrayInt32ArrayInt8ArrayUint16ArrayUint32ArrayUint8ArrayUint8ClampedArray |
73 | 2 | Missing pages:
|
| 22 | Promise | 8 | 1 | Complete. |
| 23 | Symbol | 9 | 2 |
Missing pages:
|
| 24 | ParallelArray | 1 | 5 | Complete. |
| 25 | Atomics SharedArrayBuffer |
17 | 4 | Preffed off. Spec in flux. |
| 26 | Expressions & Operators | 29 | 1 | Complete. |
| 27 | Statements & Declarations | 27 | 1 | Complete. |
| 28 | Functions | 11 | 1 |
Complete. |
| 29 | Classes | 4 | 1 | Complete. |
| 30 | JavaScript Guide | 15 | 1 |
|
| 31 | New in JavaScript | 15 | 4 |
Complete. |
| 32 | Articles/Tutorials/Misc | 17 |
3 |
|
| 33 | Meta pages | 9 | 4 |
Other tasks to do
- asm.js/wasm explanation doc ?
- Go through Firefox release notes for developers and site compat notes and make sure JS changes are documented properly in the references.
- Make sure our compat tables are up to date by also going trough bug trackers of other open source browsers (e.g. WebKit, Blink)
- Write a changelog for Chrome JavaScript releases like we have for Firefox. Same for other browsers/node.js?
- Meta article about how to document in the JS MDN area.
- Create a page that explains error messages (v8, Chakra). So that people searching for errors will find guidance.
Tagging standard
- Pages in the JavaScript/ page tree should at least have the tag "JavaScript".
- For methods belonging to an object, the name of the Object should be added (e.g.
String.fromCharCodeshould have "String"). - Methods should have "Method" and properties need a "Property" tag. All prototype members have the "prototype" tag.
- Features added in a new ECMAScript version have the tags "ECMAScript6" and "ECMAScript 2015" or later versions/years.
- The Experimental tag should only be used with new features where the standard in not yet finalized (e.g. in a strawman proposal) and the feature is in a Nightly version or behind a preference.
- Features are Deprecated if their usage is discouraged and are Obsolete if they have been removed from engines.
- If pages need any type of work, a "Needs*" tag should be added (see above).
Specifications
The following specifications are taken under consideration for this project:
| Specification | Status |
|---|---|
| ECMAScript 5.1 (ECMA-262) | Standard |
| ECMAScript 2015 (6th Edition, ECMA-262) | Standard |
| ECMAScript 2017 Draft (ECMA-262) | Draft |
| ECMAScript Internationalization API 1.0 (ECMA-402) | Standard |
| ECMAScript Internationalization API 2.0 (ECMA-402) | Standard |
| ECMAScript Internationalization API 4.0 (ECMA-402) | Draft |
| SIMD | Draft |
| ECMAScript Shared Memory and Atomics | Draft |
| Proposals (with advanced stage and at least 1 implementation) | Draft |
Help the 'JavaScript' documentation project…
Topic driver : Florian Scholz (IRC nickname: fscholz)
Look at the current status of the 'JavaScript' documentation.
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