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Programming Opa: Web development, reimagined

Building a Web application today means using a variety of different software technologies, each executing in a different domain. JavaScript, HTML, and CSS in the browser; PHP, Python, Java, Ruby, or the like on the server; MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, or any of a growing list of database servers as your persistent storage back-end. With Opa, an open source Web development technology from the French company MLstate, building a Web application tomorrow could be much more straightforward -- and safer.

By Rick Grehan | 01 February, 2012 22:07

Tags: web development, software, php, mysql, application development
Google JavaScript library offers access to APIs

Google this week began offering an alpha version of Google APIs Client Library for JavaScript, which provides access to HTTP-based APIs on the Web, as well as to many of Google's public APIs.

By Paul Krill | 01 December, 2011 22:20

Tags: web development, software, javascript, Google, application development
First look: Google Dart vs. JavaScript

Let's begin with the good news. Google's Dart is a modern, full-featured tool designed by grabbing the best features of Java, JavaScript, and C.

By Peter Wayner | 23 November, 2011 22:17

Tags: web development, software, open source software, javascript, html5, Google Dart, Google, application development
Beyond jQuery: JavaScript tools for the HTML5 generation

Over drinks, one person proclaimed, "No one programs in JavaScript, they just string together jQuery calls." This statement is certainly not true, but like a hand grenade, it gets close enough to make its point.

By Peter Wayner | 09 November, 2011 22:04

Tags: Yahoo, web development, software, javascript, html5, application development
Microsoft spruces up HTML capabilities in Visual Studio

Microsoft says it will make it easier to deal with HTML in the planned next release of its Visual Studio IDE, dubbed vNext, but it won't say when vNext will come out.

By Paul Krill | 10 September, 2011 07:15

Tags: web development, software, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft, application development

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Open source identity: Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson

Web application development reached a new paradigm with the release of Ruby on Rails back in 2004. Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson has since been at the helm of one of the most successful and popular open source software development projects. Ruby on Rails, or just Rails, has allowed thousands of developers to create complex applications rapidly in a consistent manner. Open Source Identity catches up David Heinemeier Hansson to find out what the early days of Rails was like and what the future holds.

By Rodney Gedda | 22 October, 2009 10:51

Tags: web development, ruby on rails, ruby, open source identity, open source, frameworks
Le Web 08: Startups plan 'Facebookification' of the Web

If the next generation of Internet startups presenting at Le Web 08 conference in Paris have their way, the Web of the future could look like one big social-networking site.

By Peter Sayer | 11 December, 2008 04:29

Tags: social networking, web development

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