What's low level Javascript?

Question

I've seen the term "Low level Javascript" come up a few times but I've no idea what it means. Google shows no results surprisingly. Can someone shed some light on it?

Answer 1

I would say it is "javascript without using cross-browser frameworks" such as jQuery or YUI.

Can be particularly tricky when it comes to supporting multiple browsers.

Answer 2

I suppose it means Javascript without any framework such as prototype/jQuery/YUI, which help with cross-browser compatibility, and generally provide a lot of useful functions, so you don't have to spend your time re-inventing the wheel.

Also, maybe it has something to do with the "new" way of doing Javascript -- i.e. object-oriented, using Frameworks, ... In opposition to the crappy code we used to seen a couple of years ago.

Answer 3

Sometimes people make up their own terms when they shouldn't. "Low level Javascript" is one of them. There's nothing "low level" about Javascript. It's interpreted at run-time inside an environment of high-level abstractions, like the DOM.