The hit programming language Python has climbed over once-dominant Java to become the second most popular language on Microsoft-owned open-source code-sharing site GitHub. Python now outranks Java ...

The programming language for Web sites and Web apps is less complex and therefore easier to develop, Chrome programmers argue at Google I/O. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Why are we bothering with developing new languages when what we should be doing is developing a web standard for a universal bytecode + VM? Hell, use the JVM or the ...

JavaScript is the reality of Web programming today, but if you want something better, don't get caught up in Google's Dart Oh boy, another programming language! Something new to learn! How exciting!

Net giant details a new programming language for Web apps big and small, but stops well short of a 2010 internal memo that said it's designed to "replace JavaScript." Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

JavaScript is a funny little language. Languages which buck trends rarely flourish, and though JavaScript mostly has the syntax and structure of a conventional, C-family programming language, the way ...

TIOBE’s latest ranking of programming languages suggests Dart is making progress at JavaScript’s expense, but other data show that’s not the case Dart, as you may know, is an open source language ...

Google is keeping mum on its plans to unveil another new programming language at its upcoming GoTo Conference in Denmark next month, but the buzz is already starting to hurt my ears. The language is ...

For coders on the bleeding edge of web development, Dart and CoffeeScript both merit consideration. InfoWorld’s Martin Heller explains why, for him, CoffeeScript has the lead. My first reaction ...