JavaScript has established itself as a programming language of choice for web applications, thanks in part to a sharp rise in popularity with the launch of native frameworks for building scalable ...

Web application development has evolved into a discipline that melds sophisticated front‐end interactivity with robust back‐end functionality, utilising languages such as JavaScript as a fundamental ...

JavaScript isn't replacing Office macros anytime soon, but the Office Web apps (and the SharePoint-based enterprise equivalents) are improving regularly. For users that means simple but useful ...

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Redmonk’s annual programming language rankings – based on GitHub and StackOverflow traffic – were recently released and to no one’s surprise, JavaScript was ranked as the most popular programming ...

WebAssembly, an effort to diversify language support on the Web and speed up applications, is drawing both applause and skepticism. While an analyst at Ovum is mostly applauding the technology, the ...

During his keynote presentation at OSCON last year, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth described application extensibility as an important enabler of innovation and user empowerment. Citing the Firefox ...

This guide is designed to explain what a Web App or Web Application is and what they are used for. A web application, often referred to as a web app, is an application that is accessed via a web ...

Client-side JavaScript is great for making innovative and user-friendly web sites. Next to AJAX, a web technology well established to trigger the load of certain page content on demand, so-called ...