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SpiderMonkey

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SpiderMonkey is Gecko's JavaScript engine written in C. It is used in various Mozilla products, including Firefox, and is available under MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license.

Documentation

SpiderMonkey Build Documentation
How to get SpiderMonkey source code, build it, and run the test suite.
Introduction to the JavaScript shell
How to get, build, and use the JavaScript shell.
Embedding SpiderMonkey
This guide provides an overview of SpiderMonkey and describes how you can embed engine calls in your applications to make them JavaScript-aware.
JSAPI Reference
SpiderMonkey API reference.
JSDBGAPI Reference
SpiderMonkey debugging API reference.
How to embed the JavaScript engine
A bare-bones tutorial about embedding SpiderMonkey.
SpiderMonkey Garbage Collection Tips
Tips on avoiding garbage collector pitfalls.
SpiderMonkey Internals: Thread Safety
How SpiderMonkey's request model works inside.

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