Due to the sheer size of many highly trafficked software repositories — Node.js’s NPM, for instance — the average developer is often left to parse metrics like GitHub stars to determine the quality of ...

Startup Kite has expanded its AI-powered code-completion product beyond Python to JavaScript, the most widely used programming language. It’s also launched a new paid-for version of Kite for Python ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about tech companies, careers, and in-demand skills. Dec 08, 2016, 12:47pm EST Dec 08, 2016, 12:48pm EST This article is ...

Microsoft has pumped out 26 new short videos on YouTube offering beginners a path to learn about Node.js, the server-side JavaScript runtime environment for building ...

Google’s Area 120 has released a new smartphone app designed to teach beginners how to write code. It’s called Grasshopper, and it kind of feels like Duolingo for coding. While Duolingo offers short ...

Recent years have seen a huge shift to online services. By necessity, remote jobs have skyrocketed, and the tech industry has ballooned. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, software developer ...

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Some people still seem surprised that JavaScript is regarded as a respectable, grown-up programming language for serious applications. In fact, JavaScript development has been maturing nicely for ...

Dataviz site Plotly has released a version of their JavaScript library for free use, as long as “all links and references to Plotly remain visible and unmodified.” Plotly.js JavaScript Graphing ...

Chronicling the Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup scene. SEE MORE by Todd Bishop on Oct 2, 2012 at 4:57 pm October 2, 2012 at 5:21 pm Greg Linden with his Code Monster programming site. Greg ...