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• What is GitHub? More than Git version control in the cloud

  GitHub is the host with the most for open source projects and programmers who want to share and collaborate on code. Here’s why

• 21 hot programming trends—and 21 going cold

  Hot or not? From the web to the motherboard to the training ground, get the scoop on what's in and what's out in app dev

• Enterprise repo wars: GitHub vs. GitLab vs. Bitbucket

  GitLab and Atlassian have GitHub in the cross-hairs among organizations seeking enterprise-grade features for their privately hosted repos

• GitHub for the rest of us

  There's a reason why software developers live at the leading edges of an unevenly distributed future: Their work products have always been digital artifacts, and since the dawn of networks, their work processes have been connected.

• Linus Torvalds diversity gaffe brings out the best (and worst) of the open source world

  It all started at the Linux.conf.au Conference, when Nebula developer (and former colleague) Matthew Garrett kicked off a post-keynote Q&A session with Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds by asking about his often-abrasive, super-aggressive tone on official mailing lists.

• TypeScript: Industrial-strength JavaScript

  Historians who reflect on JavaScript's emergence as a dominant programming language in the 21st century may find themselves quoting Donald Rumsfeld: "You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might wish to have."

• Functional languages rack up best scores for software quality

  Language design makes a difference in software quality, and <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/2843393/application-development/functional-programming-tradeoffs-efficiency-learning-curve.html">functional languages</a> offer an edge when it comes to building quality software, a study of programming languages and code quality in GitHub reveals.

• Python-powered StackStorm sets scripts for event-triggered automation

  <a href="http://stackstorm.com/">StackStorm</a>, staffed by former members of GitHub, PuppetLabs, SwiftStack, Rackspace, and the Apache Libcloud team, has launched the first public version of its eponymous open source operations automation solution.

• The dark side of the beloved Python

  The schism between Python 2.x and 3.x and other deficiencies frustrate its enthusiastic developer community