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JavaScript vs The Silver Searcher

A side-by-side look at JavaScript and The Silver Searcher. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

JavaScript

JavaScript

Development

JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language with first-class functions. It is well-known as the scripting language for Web pages, but it's used in many non-browser environments as well including Node.js and MongoDB

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The Silver Searcher

The Silver Searcher

Development

The Silver Searcher, also known as ag, is a code searching tool designed to be a faster alternative to grep. It ignores file patterns from ignored files and git history for faster searching.

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