--- title: "Welcome to JavaScriptLandia?" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 519 published_at: "2020-12-18" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/519" --- Plus the most clicked JavaScript videos of 2020, a library comparison tool, and compiling Java to JavaScript(!) | #519 — December 18, 2020 [Unsubscribe](https://javascriptweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Read on the Web](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/519) JavaScript Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/cbj62mxxecv2iwpmekeo.jpg)](https://openjsf.org/blog/2020/12/17/introducing_javascriptlandia/) [JavaScriptLandia: The OpenJS Foundation's 'Individual Supporter Program'](https://openjsf.org/blog/2020/12/17/introducing_javascriptlandia/) — A new initiative launched by the OpenJS Foundation and several prominent JavaScript community members which lets you express your support for the JavaScript ecosystem. 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