Node.js and Deno creator Ryan Dahl believes the majority of web services might be simplified by using JavaScript containers, rather than Linux containers. Developers of the Deno JavaScript and ...

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Fabrice Bellard, creator of the multiple architecture emulator QEMU and FFmpeg, amongst other open source projects, has unleashed his Javascript powered PC emulator. In its current state, it boots a ...

JavaScript never seems to get any respect. It's not a real programming language, detractors complain, it's just some script language that runs in the web browser. We're not sure what makes JavaScript ...

During his keynote presentation at OSCON last year, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth described application extensibility as an important enabler of innovation and user empowerment. Citing the Firefox ...

If you ever needed a sign that a new era has dawned at Microsoft, this is it: The company announced it is bringing ChakraCore to Linux and OS X. ChakraCore is the main element of the Chakra JavaScript ...

Kris Borchers, the JS Foundation executive director and former head of the JQuery Foundation, explained in his keynote speech: "We've been supporting a lot more than jQuery [a popular fast, mall, and ...

There is a well known story about a scientist who gave a talk about the Earth and its place in the solar system. At the end of the talk, a woman refuted him with "That's rubbish; the Earth is really ...

One month after promising to release the JavaScript engine of its Edge browser, Microsoft has proven good for its word and then some. Not only is it releasing the code, it’s planning a Linux port.

JavaScript, Linux and R were among the most learned technology skills in 2019, according to research from Pluralsight. Drawing on data from its users, as well as from job sites Indeed and Dice, the ...