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Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla already support the performance-boostig technology in their browser engines
Citing the need for cross-browser compatibility, Google chooses WebAssembly for running native code in Chrome
In addition to runtime, URL parsing, and buffer improvements, the new release promises to preserve native module dependencies across upgrades
Other changes target better fault tolerance, garbage collection, and auto-saving
Performance monitoring, open source SDKs also highlighted for the tooling
Firebase features a cross-platform SDK with capabilities for cloud data storage and synchronization across devices
Polymer 2.0 promises much improved ECMAScript 6 standards support and interoperability with other libraries and frameworks
Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code, Brackets, and Atom rise to the top, but several others are worth considering
Microsoft's developer conference will have sessions on JavaScript tools, the Universal Windows platform, and building cloud systems
WebStorm, Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio Code, NetBeans, Komodo, and Eclipse pull out the stops for JavaScript, Node.js, and friends