Programming Languages

Eich: JavaScript getting faster, could displace Flash

JavaScript's founder claims JavaScript has displaced Java as a Web client, outlines projected enhancements

Apache readies Tomcat Java servlet container upgrade

Scalability and security to be enhanced in Tomcat 7; Apache also is set to take over the Subversion software configuration management project

Now open source: Several of Google’s JavaScript tools

Closure compiler and related JavaScript libraries could help developers improve Web apps' performance

Palm’s Ares WebOS tool allows for easy app dev

Coming by year's end, Ares will help developers pull together components via JavaScript to build apps for the Pre and Pixi

Java, BlackBerry get critical security fixes

Sun released a critical update to its Java Runtime Environment and RIM patched the software used to sync data between the BlackBerry and a PC

Microsoft buys bridge between Java and .Net developers

The company is acquiring SourceGear's Teamprise suite, which lets Java developers build apps via Visual Studio TFS

The EU objects

Eich: JavaScript getting faster, could displace Flash

JavaScript's founder claims JavaScript has displaced Java as a Web client, outlines projected enhancements

Now open source: Several of Google’s JavaScript tools

Closure compiler and related JavaScript libraries could help developers improve Web apps' performance

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