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JavaScript is a sprawling and ever-changing behemoth, and may be the single-most connective piece of web technology. From AI ...

The story of Node.js reads like it came from a Hollywood script assembly line: Some kids are monkeying around with scrap they picked up around the Internet and find a new way to snap it together. The ...

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Since Google Plus and a few other cutting-edge websites now render entirely on the client, let's review why server-side rendering is desirable at all. Server-side rendering means when the browser ...

It's not news to find out that JavaScript has become the new crowd favorite for front-end development, but what is surprising is how quickly it is also catching on in the back end, powering many of ...

This has been a big year for JavaScript. New, fast engines have tested their legs. Libraries have matured. With the ECMAScript 5 draft proposal, the language is growing. However, the language remains ...

Editor’s note: Spike Brehm, the author of this post, is just one of the amazing hackers we’ve got speaking at DevBeat 2013, our first-ever developer conference taking place next week, Nov. 12-13 in ...

There is a well known story about a scientist who gave a talk about the Earth and its place in the solar system. At the end of the talk, a woman refuted him with "That's rubbish; the Earth is really ...

They grabbed a copy of the V8 JavaScript engine to speed up their code, then created simple libraries that connected the V8 engine to the TCP/IP ports. Presto change-o, it was answering requests very ...