Javascript for Acrobat XI

Hello everyone.
Using the creative cloud I just upgraded from Acrobat 8 to Acronbat XI. I cannot find the Javascript documentation for that version of Acrobat, nor can I find the SDK for that version of Acrobat. I was able to find the Acrobat 8.0 Javascript documentation, but that's about the latest I can find. Is that the latest version?
TIA!
John

Here is the link to the documentation for Acrobat JavaScript versions 8 on.
Here is the link to MDN JavaScript documentation and other resources. JavaScript Guide & JavaScript Reference.
The material in the Acrobat SDK is not dynamic while the Acrobat JavaScript for version 9 and version X are both dynamic and can easily be updated by Adobe.

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