Even though JavaScript was originally built for scripts in web pages, it is now used to write desktop applications, server software, and everything in between. Now, it might become an option for ...

The perceptions that critical operations are performed on the server side and that all data is stored there are incorrect. What many browsers do today involves reaching out over an unencrypted ...

V8, the JavaScript engine featured in Google’s Chrome browser, is getting improvements in performance and code optimization courtesy of both the V8 team and the Russia Academy of Sciences. For its ...

A startup claims to have come up with a better way for developers to find source code. Traditionally, developers use the regular search engines, such as Google, Bing, but those are unfriendly to ...

If you’ve been paying attention to Microsoft over the last year, you’ve probably noticed that the company has changed its attitude toward the open-source community in a huge way. Today, it’s taking ...