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  • Facebook's alternative PHP engine attracts Web service providers

    Some fairly large Internet services are pressing into production Facebook's open-source PHP runtime engine after being impressed with the performance metrics for the alternative to the ubiquitous open-source PHP package used across the Web.

    Written by Joab Jackson21 Nov. 14 09:07
  • Amazon launches Lambda, an event-driven compute service

    Continuing to roll out new compute services at an impressive clip, Amazon Web Services has introduced a way for programmers to trigger operations in their AWS deployments without running a full virtual machine, potentially reducing maintenance work and cost.

    Written by Joab Jackson14 Nov. 14 09:42
  • Microsoft ramps up 'devops' capabilities for developers

    Recognizing that many organizations are under competitive pressure to evolve their applications ever more quickly, Microsoft has been updating its programming tools to accommodate fast paced "devops"-style development environments.

    Written by Joab Jackson13 Nov. 14 02:30
  • 9 cutting-edge programming languages worth learning now

    The big languages are popular for a reason: They offer a huge foundation of open source code, libraries, and frameworks that make finishing the job easier. This is the result of years of momentum in which they are chosen time and again for new projects, and expertise in their nuances grow worthwhile and plentiful.

    Written by Peter Wayner04 Nov. 14 04:49
  • Google wants to enrich offline browsing

    Someday soon, users may be able to interact with their favorite websites even when these sites aren't accessible, thanks to a new browser standard called Service Workers being developed by Google.

    Written by Joab Jackson19 Sept. 14 05:27
  • Embarcadero developers write once to multiple platforms

    With the release of Embarcadero Technologies' RAD Studio XE7 code editor, C++ and Delphi application developers can maintain a single code base that covers multiple devices and form factors.

    Written by Joab Jackson04 Sept. 14 02:56
  • Web acceleration protocol nears completion

    When it comes to speeding up Web traffic over the Internet, sometimes too much of a good thing may not be such a good thing at all.

    Written by Joab Jackson05 Aug. 14 06:59
  • PHP gets a formal specification, at last

    Despite becoming one of the most widely used programming languages on the Web, PHP didn't have a formal specification -- until now.

    Written by Joab Jackson01 Aug. 14 02:56
  • Python bumps off Java as top learning language in US

    Python has surpassed Java as the top language used to introduce U.S. students to programming and computer science, according to a recent survey posted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

    Written by Joab Jackson09 July 14 02:34
  • USENIX: Unstable code can lead to security vulnerabilities

    As if tracking down bugs in a complex application isn't difficult enough, programmers now must worry about a newly emerging and potentially dangerous trap, one in which a program compiler simply eliminates chunks of code it doesn't understand, often without alerting the programmer of the missing functionality.

    Written by Joab Jackson20 June 14 06:45
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