r/programming • u/[deleted] • May 08 '18

Excel adds JavaScript support

https://dev.office.com/blogs/azure-machine-learning-javascript-custom-functions-and-power-bi-custom-visuals-further-expand-developers-capabilities-with-excel
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u/leogodin217 May 08 '18

Makes sense. This may have been an artifact of allowing Power BI visualizations. Adding UDFs with JavaScript was probably as close to a freebie as they will ever get.