JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Thirty years ago, Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduced JavaScript as a new, cross-platform scripting language for building internet applications. Brendan Eich, the language's original designer, ...

PHP 8.5 lays down long-awaited pipe operator, adds new URI tools

PHP, short for Personal Home Page when initially released in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf, now stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Version 8.5 is a major release that brings with it a handful of useful ...
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North Korea’s ‘Job Test’ trap upgrades to JSON malware dropboxes

North Korea-linked Contagious Interview campaign is now luring developers with trojanized coding tasks and pulling obfuscated payloads from public JSON-storage services like JSON Keeper, JSONSilo, and ...
InfoWorld

AI makes JavaScript programming fun again

What if AI-assisted development is less of a threat, and more of a jetpack? This month’s report tackles vibe coding, along with new JavaScript tools and techniques to explore in your AI-assisted free ...