Originally released more than two decades ago, JavaScript is a dynamic, untyped general-purpose programming language that’s used extensively in web and app development. While it offers many benefits in terms of functionality, it also has some drawbacks. Among the biggest...
Angular JS is described by its creators as ‘what HTML would have been if it had been designed for building web-apps’. This JavaScript based, front-end web application framework didn’t just make waves when it was released in 2009; it practically...
Earlier this year, Google rolled out a new open-source architecture for the development of blazing-fast, mobile-friendly webpages. Known as Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), is essentially a framework that webmasters can use to build webpages. It lives up to its “accelerated”...
Move over Java, there’s a new top programming language in town. According to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), C is now the most popular programming language. IEEE based its findings on a variety of factors, some of...
Created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994, PHP is a server-side scripting language that’s used primarily for web development. It can be embedded directly into HTML, used with web templates, content management systems (CMS) and even frameworks. The code itself is...
Originally created in the early 1980s, C++ is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language that supports generic programming and low-level memory manipulation. The language was designed with an emphasis on system programming and embedded large system. Today we’re going to reveal...
What’s the one thing you simply can NOT leave home without? For most people, it’s their smartphone. Statistics show that two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone — a number that will likely increase in the years to come. And with...
After being in development for more than five years, the first stable version of Perl 6 — the latest generation of the Perl family of programming languages — was announced in December 2015. Since then, it’s become a popular language,...
Designed by Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum in 1989, Python is a general-purpose dynamic programming language with an emphasis on readability. One of the reasons why it’s become such a popular programming language is its beginner-friendly code. While other languages...
Apple has placed the final nail in Flash’s coffin. Earlier this month, the Cupertino-based tech giant announced that it would no longer use Flash as the default media player for its upcoming Safari 10 web browser. Flash has long been...