ENTRIES TAGGED "languages"
The overhead of insecure infrastructure
If we don't demand more secure development infrastructure, we get to do it ourselves.
The news is constantly full of companies and organizations falling victim to exploits. Software developers spend a great deal of our time defending against them. But why should they have to bother at all?
State of the Computer Book Market, part 4: The Languages
A deep look at the market for books on programming languages.
In this fourth post of "State of the Computer Book Market," we look at programming languages and drill in on each language area.
Developer Week in Review: The mysterious Google I/O machine
A Google I/O puzzler, more sandbox mayhem, and Go prepares to take wing.
While we wait to sign up for two of the major conferences of the year, Google has released a brainteaser, Java suffers another security breach, and a new language prepares for takeoff.
Developer Week in Review: Adobe raises the white flag on mobile Flash
Adobe immobilized mobile Flash, Eclipse joins the vanity language fad, and one man asks if brainteasers really find good programmers.
Flash isn't dead, but Adobe is checking into hospice options. Eclipse adds another language to the list of ones almost but not exactly like Java. And how do you find good programmers? Probably not with brainteasers.
Developer Week in Review: The hijacking of an insulin pump
Medical devices are remotely hacked, Google Maps get a price tag, and Linus Torvalds really doesn't like a certain language.
If you own an insulin pump, someone out there might have a hack with your name on it. Google decides to make high-volume Maps API users pony up some cash, and the creator of Linux goes after C++.
Developer Week in Review: Windows 8 Developer Preview goes public
Win8 for free, Google throws a Dart, and Congress whiffs on patent reform.
Microsoft changes tack on a Windows 8 alpha, Google is darting away from JavaScript, and the great Patent Reform of 2011 reforms little.
Developer Week in Review: Google Goes Yardsaling
Google consumes mass quantities of mobile, social media gone bad, and C++ learns new tricks
We learned that Google liked Motorola products so much they decided to buy the company, that social media has a dark side, and that C++ isn't ready to join Sanskrit in the dead languages section just yet.
Clojure: Lisp meets Java, with a side of Erlang
Stuart Sierra on why Clojure is catching on.
Stuart Sierra digs into Clojure: what it is, how it works, and why it's attracting Java developers.
JavaScript spread to the edges and became permanent in the process
Node.js expert James Duncan on JavaScript's rise and what lies ahead.
James Duncan, the chief architect at Joyent, is one of the people using JavaScript in surprising ways. In this interview he shares his thoughts on how we came to depend so heavily on the language and where it might be headed.
Why a JavaScript hater thinks everyone needs to learn JavaScript in the next year
JavaScript is now a necessity.
JavaScript is everywhere: servers, rich web client libraries, HTML5, databases, even JavaScript-based languages. If you've avoided JavaScript, this is the year to learn it. And if you don't, you risk being left behind.
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