In a new step to make the Web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code. With a project called Closure Tools, Google plans on ...

Microsoft has followed up its Python for beginners tutorials on YouTube with a new series aimed at teaching novice programmers the widely used JavaScript programming ...

JavaScript tools and frameworks thrive and evolve in an ecosystem that is equal parts competitive and collaborative. This month, we showcase some of the best examples of technology innovation in ...

Learning a programming language is just part of becoming a software developer. These days, writing software involves an ecosystem of tools, from the programs that developers use to write their code to ...

Figure 1. Functional JavaScript is available as an ebook (without DRM) from O'Reilly or as a paperback. Anyone who has followed my missives on programming have noted the varied exposure to different ...

JavaScript, while perhaps the language with the most buzz these days, nonetheless continues to score relatively low in the Tiobe index of popular programming languages. But the popular Web development ...

The tech sector continues to thrive - and software engineers fluent in JavaScript hold a distinct advantage, finds a new report. More than 750 new job postings for software developers go live every ...

Many companies are now aware that if they incorporate open-source software into their products, there are specific terms and conditions that go along with the grant of the use of the particular OSS ...

I talked to a slew of computer programmers who entered the job market within the past five years about the languages and platforms they're learning and using, and there was one that came up over and ...

Dave Methvin, a leader of the influential jQuery programming tool, says WebKit is plagued with old bugs. He's not optimistic Opera will help improve the browser situation. It was a good day for the ...

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.