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Call to Oracle: ‘JavaScript should be public domain’

Call to Oracle: ‘JavaScript should be public domain’

A veteran software engineer urges Oracle to stop trademarking JavaScript and move the term to the public domain. Ryan Dahl, the creator of Node.js and Deno, contacted Oracle through an open letter. JavaScript is a trademark of Oracle. Dahl argues that the trademark affects the developer communi... Read more

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Microsoft adds new security measures to Edge

Microsoft adds new security measures to Edge

The move aims to protect users on sites that may be malicious in nature. Microsoft Edge is adding enhanced security protections to provide an extra layer of protection when browsing the web and visiting unfamiliar sites, according to a report in The Register. Microsoft wants to make it safer for... Read more

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JavaScript apps are vulnerable to ‘prototype pollution’

JavaScript apps are vulnerable to ‘prototype pollution’

Common code constructs in JavaScript may be exploitable to achieve remote code execution This week The Register reported on new findings by a group of researchers that found a critical command injection vulnerability in Parse Server, an open-source backend for Node.js environments. Rated 10 o... Read more

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Google positions Carbon as an experimental successor to C++

Google positions Carbon as an experimental successor to C++

The Carbon Language was presented by Google software engineer Chandler Carruth at Toronto's C++ North conference this week. Chandler described the programming language as an "experimental successor to C++", sparking much interest in the C++ community. Given the interest the community has shown ... Read more

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Meta gifts its Jest JavaScript test framework to OpenJS Foundation

Meta gifts its Jest JavaScript test framework to OpenJS Foundation

The popular Jest JavaScript test framework will now flourish as a community-led project. Meta is transferring its open source JavaScript testing framework, Jest, to the OpenJS Foundation. Jest is one of Meta's top open source projects. It has become the "most used" tool for testing JavaScript pr... Read more

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Cloudflare develops open API standards with partners

Cloudflare develops open API standards with partners

Cloudflare is collaborating with partners to develop new, open API standards. The newly established Web-interoperable Runtimes Community Group sets out to unify three JavaScript-based runtimes into one set of API standards. The reason for the collaboration between Cloudflare, Deno and other Node... Read more

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Node.js version 18 is released

Node.js version 18 is released

The OpenJS Foundation (JavaScript) has released Node.js version 18, which comprises innovative features, including a default enabled Fetch API. JavaScript’s new version of Node.js The JavaScript library Node.js has been upgraded to a new version. Node.js version 18 is now available with new... Read more

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Microsoft TypeScript 4.7 Beta now available

Microsoft TypeScript 4.7 Beta now available

The new release features ECMAScript Module Support in Node.js and more. Microsoft announced the launch of the TypeScript 4.7 beta which includes ECMAScript Module Support in Node.js, control over module detection, control-flow analysis for computed properties, and more.  In TypeScript 4.... Read more

date2 years ago
JavaScript survey find React satisfaction low amongst developers

JavaScript survey find React satisfaction low amongst developers

JavaScript recently conducted a study to find surprise low satisfaction rates for React JS. The latest survey by JavaScript aimed to understand the criteria for the success of programming languages for thousands of developers worldwide. Over 23,000 participants expressed their views on various p... Read more

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GitHub launches tool that automatically finds code vulnerabilities

GitHub launches tool that automatically finds code vulnerabilities

The Github code scanning beta is now available. Currently, JavaScript and TypeScript code can automatically be scanned for four known vulnerabilities -- a number that promises to increase as time goes on. The four vulnerabilities are cross-site scripting (XSS), path, NoSQL, and SQL injection. Ac... Read more

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