Development Tools

Untangling the intense politics behind Node.js

Is a pay-to-play corporate trade association the right foundation model for Node.js?

Apple Swift follows familiar path to .Net and Android

Silver lets developers use a common language across multiple platforms, but it is not a cross-platform technology

Yahoo angles for developers and dollars with new mobile suite

Mobile is now a core business, according to CEO Marissa Meyer, and the new offerings will help developers use Yahoo to monetize their apps

Entity Framework 7: Providing support for new platforms and new data stores

Leverage Entity Framework 7's support for non-relational data stores and in-memory data in your applications

Automation for the people: The programmer’s dilemma

In the delicate relationship between technologists and users, the 'toolsmith' can initiate a collaborative cycle that makes everyone a stakeholder

HP extends R programming language for big data use

Distributed R can be used to analyze data across multiple file servers

Java vs. Node.js: An epic battle for developer mind share

Here’s how the enterprise stalwart and onetime script-kiddie toy stack up in a battle for the server room

Eich: JavaScript will deliver on Java’s broken promise

'I think JavaScript has an evolutionary destiny to be what Java was trying to be'

The Oculus Rift could change big data analytics forever

A pilot virtual reality headset distills big data findings into lifelike, real-time representations

5 projects that push Python performance