Tag: JavaScript

February 14, 2022

Node.js trademarks have been transferred to the OpenJS Foundation from Joyent, the company that originally led the development of the popular JavaScript runtime. With the move, announced February 14, the OpenJS Foundation will be responsible for ongoing management of the […]

February 2, 2022

The pandemic may have shone a spotlight on video conferencing and online meeting tools, but Microsoft Teams is a lot more than just another communications platform. With deep integration into the Microsoft 365 platform, it’s perhaps better thought of as […]

February 1, 2022

Programming languages are one of the most important tools in the DevOps arsenal. Choosing the right programming language or languages for your application is essential for succeeding at DevOps and achieving continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD). Given that there are hundreds […]

January 25, 2022

TypeScript 4.6, the next iteration of Microsoft’s strongly typed superset of JavaScript, has moved to a beta release, with enhancements for coding and control flow analysis. The beta was announced on January 21. One improvement relaxes coding restrictions by allowing […]

December 22, 2021

The introduction of the Static Web, or Web1, was revolutionary. It didn’t get the same praise as its successor, Web2, but it was, nevertheless, an invention that eased a couple of hassles. Those who were fortunate enough to have lived […]

December 22, 2021

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code has become one of the most popular development tools out there. Mixing proprietary Microsoft features with an extensible open source core, it’s a quick install that can be configured to handle most languages and most platforms. […]

November 5, 2021

Coa, a popular library found on npm, a manager for the JavaScript programming language, has been hijacked and used to spread malicious code, reports have claimed. According to Bleeping Computer, the attack on coa – short for Command-Option-Argument, impacted countless […]

August 13, 2021

With the third preview of Microsoft’s planned 64-bit Visual Studio 2022 IDE, the company is emphasizing a new JavaScript/TypeScript experience as well as multi-repo support. Unveiled August 10, Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3 also covers themes including personal and team […]

June 25, 2021

Today’s web applications are nowhere near as fast and responsive as native desktop applications, but what if they could be? That’s the promise of WebAssembly. WebAssembly is a low-level, assembly-like language with a compact binary format that runs with near-native […]

June 23, 2021

ECMAScript 2021, the latest version of the official specification underlying JavaScript, has been formally approved, adding capabilities for strings and promises. The specification was approved by ECMA International on June 22. ECMAScript 2021 includes the following features: String.prototype.ReplaceAll, providing developers […]

May 20, 2021

Google has published Angular DevTools, a Chrome DevTools extension to inspect the structure and profile performance of applications built with the Angular framework. Developed in conjunction with tool builder Rangle.io, and introduced May 18, Angular DevTools is focused on visualization […]

April 1, 2021

Functional programming has been a current in software development since the earliest days, but has taken on new importance in the modern era. This article looks at the concepts behind functional programming and offers a practical understanding with examples in […]

January 11, 2021

The best web design software will make it simple to build the website you need, either by using a drag-and-drop editor – where you can combine different elements easily without coding – or else a software platform that involves customizing […]

December 7, 2020

Fable 3, the latest release of the Fable compiler for writing JavaScript applications with Microsoft’s F# functional language, is now available, offering simpler usage, more readable code, and improved compilation speed. Fable 3, aka Nagareyama, removes inter-process communication with JavaScript, […]

September 28, 2020

Some developers cringe at the thought of using low-code platforms that take them outside of their Java, .NET, and JavaScript environments, or separate them from their IDEs, automated test frameworks, and devops platforms. Others have embraced low-code platforms as tools […]

September 22, 2020

Vue 3.0, a major upgrade to the popular JavaScript framework for building web UIs, is now available as a production release, after nearly two years in development. Highlights include better performance and smaller bundle sizes. Unveiled September 18, Vue 3.0 […]

May 26, 2020

During this year’s digital Build event, Microsoft announced it had expanded Azure App Service with a new hosting offer explicitly tailored for static web apps. The hosting offering is called Azure Static Web Apps and is currently in preview. With […]

February 12, 2020

Google recently released Google Chrome 80. Chrome 80 brings important changes to its cookie policy, supports modules in workers and optional chaining in JavaScript; adds new origin trials while graduating previous origin trials; links directly to text fragments on a […]

February 28, 2019

While Bitcoin has its ups and downs, decentralized apps or “dapps” remain a hot topic in software development circles. “Smart contracts” tend to be part of the same conversations, implying that you need to learn new programming languages, development practices, […]

February 28, 2019

The Chrome team is working on a back/forward cache that is designed to make revisiting pages drastically faster. By preserving the JavaScript and DOM state in memory, loading times of cached pages will be significantly improved. On desktop platforms, nearly […]