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 ...

JavaScript is the foundation of the modern web. From simple button clicks to complex web applications, almost everything interactive you see online runs on JavaScript. Whether you are a beginner ...

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 ...

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 ...

Once upon a time, coding was only for the super-elite computer-nerd crowd. Today, coding is for everyone, from bloggers to marketers to students to C-level execs. In a previous column, I shared nine ...

Not so long ago, typing was for secretaries, journalists, and would-be authors. Now we’re all tapping away at keyboards and screens from morning until night. The number of people who spend their ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...