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Without these tools, you might hate JavaScript a lot more

Posted September 26, 2013 - 6:00 am

Firebug, the popular web development debugging tool, was inspired by these utilities that came before it
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The most WTF-y programming languages

Posted September 25, 2013 - 6:00 am

The GitHub Archive reveals which languages seem to baffle developers the most
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The 10 programming languages most likely to drive developers insane

Posted September 18, 2013 - 10:40 am

When developers discuss the programming languages they hate the most, these names tend to come up - a lot
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Can Google Dart solve JavaScript's speed and scale problems?

Posted September 3, 2013 - 4:26 pm

Large JavaScript Web apps can be hard to develop and slow to run. Google's Dart language may offer a solution to address both of those issues.
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TOR Project: Stop using Windows, disable JavaScript

Posted August 5, 2013 - 8:55 pm

The TOR Project is advising that people stop using Windows after the discovery of a startling vulnerability in Firefox that undermined the main advantages of the privacy-centered network.
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Wait – maybe JavaScript IS the top programming language

Posted July 9, 2013 - 6:00 am

The ubiquitous language that’s the “glue” of web pages tops some recent rankings of programming languages
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Phoning Firefox: Browser now makes Web calls

Posted June 25, 2013 - 4:05 pm

Mozilla today shipped Firefox 22, enabling the in-browser audio-video calling standard WebRTC and switching on a new JavaScript module that promises to speed up Web apps.
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Review: 4 killer cloud IDEs

Posted April 17, 2013 - 11:11 am

Surprisingly beefy, browser-based JSFiddle, Icenium, Cloud9, and Codenvy stretch from client-side JavaScript to server-side Java and Web stacks.
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Setting an active menu item based on the current URL with jQuery

Posted April 5, 2013 - 8:00 am

This problem pops up over and over again when building websites - how do I determine the user’s current location so I can highlight the active section in the navigation menu? It’s such a basic need but the solution seems to be reinvented on every new build.
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History of the O'Reilly cover animals

Posted April 3, 2013 - 10:56 am

O’Reilly’s cover designer tells the story of how they came to use animals on the covers of their popular books
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JavaScript's popularity rankings vary widely

Posted March 14, 2013 - 10:29 am

Indexes of programming languages say one thing, but GitHub's rankings tells a different story about JavaScript's popularity.
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Six useful JavaScript libraries for maps, charts and other data visualizations

Posted March 6, 2013 - 8:17 am

These JavaScript libraries can help format your data for analysis or a compelling online presentation.
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Religion, politics and coding indentation style: the three great debates

Posted March 5, 2013 - 1:15 pm

Forget abortion and gun control; if you want to get programmers arguing at your next party, bring up tabs versus spaces when indenting code
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Epic codefest: 7 programming languages in 7 days

Posted March 4, 2013 - 1:16 pm

We challenged our developers to learn Clojure, Scala, JavaScript, Ruby, Java, Kotlin, and Go in a day. Here's how easy it is to make the switch.
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Oracle updates NetBeans for HTML5

Posted February 21, 2013 - 9:08 am

With the release of version 7.3 of NetBeans, Oracle has updated the IDE (integrated developer environment) so Java developers can more easily build rich HTML5-based user interfaces for their mobile and Web applications.
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Adding keyboard shortcuts to your web application

Posted February 15, 2013 - 9:00 am

Keyboard shortcuts might seem kind of old school since they’re mainly associated with desktop applications, but bringing some basic shortcut functionality into your web application can easily enhance the user experience.
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Book Giveaway: Win a copy of 'Effective JavaScript'

Posted January 31, 2013 - 5:48 pm

ITworld is giving away 5 copies of "Effective JavaScript: 68 Specific Ways to Harness the Power of JavaScript" to some lucky readers. Enter now for your chance to win!
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Brendan Eich tells how to prevent JavaScript memory leaks

Posted January 17, 2013 - 11:20 am

The JavaScript founder details where developers can go wrong and the straightforward methods to stay on track.
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How to create a session timeout warning for your web application using jQuery

Posted January 16, 2013 - 9:00 am

If you've got a web application or SaaS project which requires a user to be logged in, chances are their login will expire at some point.
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Mozilla lights JavaScript fire under Firefox 18

Posted January 9, 2013 - 3:53 pm

Mozilla on Tuesday shipped its newest browser, Firefox 18, which sports a revamped JavaScript engine and support for Macs with Apple's higher-resolution Retina displays.
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Hadoop on Windows Azure: Hive vs. JavaScript for processing big data

Posted December 10, 2012 - 9:32 am

For some time Microsoft didn't offer a solution for processing big data in cloud environments. SQL Server is good for storage, but its ability to analyze terabytes of data is limited. Hadoop, which was designed for this purpose, is written in Java and was not available to .Net developers. So, Microsoft launched the Hadoop on Windows Azure service to make it possible to distribute the load and speed up big data computations.
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Let your code do the (holiday) shopping

Posted December 4, 2012 - 12:32 pm

Software developer creates a program to randomly choose and buy stuff
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Mozilla ships Firefox 18 beta with faster JavaScript, Retina support

Posted November 27, 2012 - 4:57 pm

Mozilla yesterday released a first beta of its next browser, Firefox 18, touting a revamped JavaScript engine and support for Macs with Apple's higher-resolution 'Retina' displays.
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WebStorm 5 IDE provides powerful editing features and instant feedback for Web developers

Posted November 14, 2012 - 3:45 pm

One of the great things about developing for the Web is the low barrier to entry. Many tutorials are available online, and you can learn about CSS and HTML from any website just by inspecting its code in any modern Web browser. Best of all, when it's time to start coding, any plain text editor--even Notepad--can do the job. So why should you spend $49 on WebStorm, a development environment for JavaScript, HTML, and CSS? The answer is that it might turn you into a better developer.
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Could TypeScript be the future of JavaScript?

Posted November 13, 2012 - 12:00 pm

JavaScript, it's no longer the avoidable nuisance it once was. The flexibility of of the language and its ubiquity on the client side have brought it front and center for modern web developers. The creation of popular JavaScript frameworks, such as jQuery, MooTools, YUI, Dojo, GWT to name a few, have eased much of the pain when it comes to coding, but most of the shortcomings of the language are still inherent.
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