What is a data type? At the machine level, all data on a computer is bits — 1s and 0s. Humans, it turns out, prefer not to work so close to the metal, so we have data types for describing different ...

What is a data type? At the machine level, all data on a computer is bits — 1s and 0s. Humans, it turns out, prefer not to work so close to the metal, so we have data types for describing different ...

JavaScript’s loose data typing differs from C and Java, which both use strict data typing. What this means is that in JavaScript, you don’t need to declare a variable type.

Microsoft is opening up Excel to developers with a new JavaScript API. It will let developers use custom data types like images, cards, and arrays.