# ctags-lang-javascript

## Random notes about tagging JavaScript source code with Universal Ctags

Version: | 6.2.1
Manual group: | Universal Ctags
Manual section: | 7

# SYNOPSIS

ctags ... --languages=+JavaScript ...
ctags ... --language-force=JavaScript ...
ctags ... --map-JavaScript=+.js ...

# DESCRIPTION

This man page gathers random notes about tagging JavaScript source code.

# CLASSES

ES6 introduced the `class` keyword, but there is still the original method of defining a function and attaching a `prototype`. ctags follows the convention that function names that start with a capital letter are class constructors.

## Change since "0.0"

- New role `foreigndecl` for `function` kind

# SEE ALSO

ctags(1), ctags-client-tools(7)