Api doc for Javascript 1.8.1?

Question

Isn't 1.8.1 the latest version of Javascript?

Why is https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript just giving you api doc for version 1.5?

Answer 1

This is because each version of JavaScript adds some features, but not much else is changed. For example, in JavaScript 1.6, several array-handling functions were added; hardly anything else was changed. Because of this, most of the documentation can be kept the same, though the MDC should probably update their version number on their documentation.

Changes in each version:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/New_in_JavaScript_1.5

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/New_in_JavaScript_1.6

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/New_in_JavaScript_1.7

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/New_in_JavaScript_1.8

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/New_in_JavaScript_1.8.1

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/New_in_JavaScript_1.8.5