New compiler tackles JavaScript’s weak typing – InfoWorld / / No Comments InfoWorld New compiler tackles JavaScript's weak typingInfoWorldSoftware vendor Onux tackles the issue of type safety in JavaScript with a language called JS++, or JavaScript++, which checks types at compile time as opposed to runtime. The Onux JS++ compiler unifies types into a single type known as the unified … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: compiler, InfoWorld, JavaScript's, tackles, typing, weak
JavaScript founder Brendan Eich’s company could face legal action – InfoWorld / / No Comments InfoWorld JavaScript founder Brendan Eich's company could face legal actionInfoWorldBrave Software, a new venture by JavaScript founder Brendan Eich, has been put on notice that its plan to block ads in its browser and replace them could place the company in legal hot water. But Brave countered that the objectors were filled with …Newspapers to Brave browser: Don't mess with our ads — or elseCNETall 48 news articles » JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: action, Brendan, Company, could, Eich's, Face, founder, InfoWorld, JavaScript, legal
Grunt JavaScript task-runner nears 1.0 release – InfoWorld / / No Comments InfoWorld Grunt JavaScript task-runner nears 1.0 releaseInfoWorldGrunt, a well-known task runner for automating JavaScript tasks, has gone to a 1.0.0 release. Changes include prevention of the async callback function from being called multiple times, removal of duplicate BOM (byte order mark) strip code, and updates … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Grunt, InfoWorld, JavaScript, nears, release, taskrunner
Cheerp creator: Our C++-to-JavaScript compiler beats Emscripten – InfoWorld / / No Comments InfoWorld Cheerp creator: Our C++-to-JavaScript compiler beats EmscriptenInfoWorldCheerp, a C++ compiler that generates JavaScript code for use in any browser, is being upgraded this week with improved performance, reduced output code size, and backing for 64-bit integers. Open source Cheerp, from Leaning Technologies, is based on …and more » JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: beats, C++toJavaScript, Cheerp, compiler, creator, Emscripten, InfoWorld
Node could bring JavaScript to the Internet of things – InfoWorld / / No Comments InfoWorld Node could bring JavaScript to the Internet of thingsInfoWorldSpeaking at the Node Community Convention in San Francisco, Charlie Key, CEO of IoT PaaS platform provider Structure, made the case for the server-side JavaScript platform in the burgeoning IoT space. He sees it as appropriate even if it currently … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: bring, could, InfoWorld, Internet, JavaScript, Node, things
Move over, Linux — JavaScript-powered NodeOS 1.0 approaches – InfoWorld / / No Comments InfoWorld Move over, Linux — JavaScript-powered NodeOS 1.0 approachesInfoWorldFew would argue the Node.js ecosystem is powerful enough to drive any number of server-side applications and frameworks. But could it also drive an entire operating system consisting of little more than the Linux kernel, Node.js engine, and Npm package … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: approaches, InfoWorld, JavaScriptpowered, Linux, Move, NodeOS, over
JavaScript upgrade will nix object observation feature – InfoWorld / / No Comments InfoWorld JavaScript upgrade will nix object observation featureInfoWorldObject.observe, a planned feature for JavaScript that would allow for direct observation of changes to objects, will be removed from a planned update to the ECMAScript specification under a plan floated this week. The plan, offered by Object.observe … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: feature, InfoWorld, JavaScript, Object, observation, upgrade
Q&A: The JavaScript-based React UI library explained – InfoWorld / / No Comments InfoWorld Q&A: The JavaScript-based React UI library explainedInfoWorldReact, the result of collaboration between Facebook and Instagram, provides a JavaScript library for developing user interfaces. It abstracts away the DOM and is intended to improve performance, as well as provide a simpler programming model. JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: explained, InfoWorld, JavaScriptbased, library, React