Programming Languages

React: Making faster, smoother UIs for data-driven Web apps

Developer Pete Hunt breaks down how the technology represents a shift in programming models and ponders whether Facebook's iOS redo might be different with React

Hortonworks snaps up and open sources Hadoop security solution

Programmer entrepreneurs: Start anywhere, including Thailand

A $10 million startup might not impress Silicon Valley's Internet tycoons, but software entrepreneurship is a global enterprise

Google gets on Dart soapbox, demos move from JavaScript

Developer talks up the process of moving a JavaScript audio app to Dart, touts user list and upgrades as Google pushes its JavaScript alternative

Salesforce.com ties Force.com to Heroku for richer app development

Oracle’s surprise win in Java API case could make it harder for developers

The ruling that APIs can be copyrighted could make it a lot harder to take advantage of APIs with a direct license

How Joyent debugs Node code

Joyent's built-in DTrace technology lets an application's execution be profiled at runtime

Oracle’s surprise win in Java API case could make it harder for developers

One now, two later: Groovy updates add Java 8 support

Groovy 2.3 is officially compatible with JDK 8, but lambda expression aren't due till Groovy 3.0

Oracle wins, Google loses in copyright ruling on Java APIs

An appeals court sided with Oracle and ordered the companies back to court