The hit programming language Python has climbed over once-dominant Java to become the second most popular language on Microsoft-owned open-source code-sharing site GitHub. Python now outranks Java ...

The Internet giant has issued the first stable release of the programming language for Web apps. Also: a host of tools to help it gain a foothold. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

Why are we bothering with developing new languages when what we should be doing is developing a web standard for a universal bytecode + VM? Hell, use the JVM or the ...

JavaScript is a funny little language. Languages which buck trends rarely flourish, and though JavaScript mostly has the syntax and structure of a conventional, C-family programming language, the way ...

For coders on the bleeding edge of web development, Dart and CoffeeScript both merit consideration. InfoWorld’s Martin Heller explains why, for him, CoffeeScript has the lead. My first reaction ...

Google is keeping mum on its plans to unveil another new programming language at its upcoming GoTo Conference in Denmark next month, but the buzz is already starting to hurt my ears. The language is ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

JavaScript has had a long-standing monopoly on client-side Web programming. It has a tremendously large user base, and countless libraries have been written in it. Surely it is the perfect language ...