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Abstract: One of the more interesting developments recently gaining popularity in the server-side JavaScript space is Node.js. It's a framework for developing high-performance, concurrent programs ...

Abstract: With the popularity of Node.js, asynchronous, event-driven programming has become widespread in server-side applications. While conceptually simple, event-based programming can be tedious ...

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A lightning-fast crash course on JavaScript, the world’s most popular programming language. From its 1995 origins as Mocha in Netscape to powering front-end apps, Node.js servers, mobile apps, and ...

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Developers are abandoning Golang due to productivity issues and perceived inefficiencies. Golang's simplicity can hinder rapid development in startup environments. Ian Lance Taylor's departure ...

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Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing programming language popularity here on ZDNET. Most recently, I aggregated data from nine different rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming ...