I'm just reading this documentation about Javascript 1.2, but I'm wondering which version of Javascript is being used in the most popular browsers.
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/javascript/javascript_nested_functions.htm
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Rather than finding which version you are using you can rephrase your question to "which version of ECMA script does my browser's JavaScript/JSscript engine conform to".
For IE :
alert(@_jscript_version); //IE
Refer Squeegy's answer for non-IE versions :)
Click on this link to see which version your BROWSER is using: http://jsfiddle.net/Ac6CT/
You should be able filter by using script tags to each JS version.
<script type="text/javascript">
var jsver = 1.0;
</script>
<script language="Javascript1.1">
jsver = 1.1;
</script>
<script language="Javascript1.2">
jsver = 1.2;
</script>
<script language="Javascript1.3">
jsver = 1.3;
</script>
<script language="Javascript1.4">
jsver = 1.4;
</script>
<script language="Javascript1.5">
jsver = 1.5;
</script>
<script language="Javascript1.6">
jsver = 1.6;
</script>
<script language="Javascript1.7">
jsver = 1.7;
</script>
<script language="Javascript1.8">
jsver = 1.8;
</script>
<script language="Javascript1.9">
jsver = 1.9;
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
alert(jsver);
</script>
My Chrome reports 1.7
Blatantly stolen from: http://javascript.about.com/library/bljver.htm
In chrome you can find easily not only your JS version but also a flash version. All you need is to type chrome://version/
in a command line and you will get something like this:
All of todays browsers use at least version 1.5
:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript#Dialect
Concerning your tutorial site, the information there seems to be extremely outdated, I beg you to head over to MDC and read their Guide:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Guide
You may still want to watch out for features which require version 1.6
or above, as this might give Internet Explorer some troubles.
JavaScript 1.2 was introduced with Netscape Navigator 4 in 1997. That version number only ever had significance for Netscape browsers. For example, Microsoft's implementation (as used in Internet Explorer) is called JScript, and has its own version numbering which bears no relation to Netscape's numbering.
Source: Stackoverflow.com