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by wonger_ 630 days ago
This is for "headless" JavaScript outside the browser, right?
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Never heard JS called "headless". Not sure I like it.

edit: all JS is "headless". almost all languages are headless. _Software_ can be headless or have a GUI. but languages are naturally headless.

Headless browsers. I guess this is a very closely related concept.
There’s a lot of server side js. Mostly plumbing code but there’s certainly “headless” js
I'm very aware of JS run on servers. And I knew that's what OP meant. I'm saying I'm not sure I like the usage. Maybe it's a generational dev vocabulary thing... I prefer "browser" or "client" JS vs "server" or backend
It works anywhere where javascript works, so you can easily run it in browser too. Tho idea of making jsbench like website but with mitata accuracy (+ dedicated runners) keeps bugging me.