Tag: Javascript

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Java 14, with pattern recognition, promises better code

Oracle has now made Release 14 of Java generally available. The Java Development Kit (JDK) 14 also includes various preview applications, such as pattern recognition in the instance or operator. The release of version 14 of the programming language is fully in line with the release strategy of t... Read more

date4 years ago
GitHub buys open-source JavaScript registry npm

GitHub buys open-source JavaScript registry npm

GitHub, part of Microsoft, is investing heavily in the open source software community. Recently, the startup and open source registry for JavaScript software packages npm was taken over. With the takeover, the well-known open-source community gets a software package regisrty with a total of 1.3 ... Read more

date4 years ago
Microsoft discovers malicious npm package

Microsoft discovers malicious npm package

Microsoft has discovered a malicious npm package that steals data from Unix systems. The npm (Node Package Manager) security team for JavaScript has taken the malicious package off the air. The malicious package is called 1337qq-js and was uploaded to the npm repository on December 30th. The pac... Read more

date4 years ago
Node.js and JS organisations come together to form OpenJS

Node.js and JS organisations come together to form OpenJS

The Linux Foundation has announced several major collaborations. The first is that the Node.js Foundation and the JS Foundation merge into the OpenJS Foundation. Six months ago, the organizations started investigating such a possibility. The OpenJS Foundation should focus on hosting and financing ac... Read more

date5 years ago
Safari developers come up with new ways to fight advertising

Safari developers come up with new ways to fight advertising

Developers working on the WebKit engine, which is at the heart of Apple's Safari Browser, are looking at ways to limit the amount of JavaScript that can be loaded by a website. It is a new and unique way to take on websites that load too many or too intrusive advertisements. The code associated with... Read more

date5 years ago
Microsoft unveils roadmap for TypeScript in 2019

Microsoft unveils roadmap for TypeScript in 2019

Microsoft's free open source programming language TypeScript is undergoing a transformation in the first half of 2019. TypeScript is Microsoft's implementation of JavaScript. According to SDTimes, Microsoft's announced improvement is a response to the continued growth and development of JavaScript.... Read more

date5 years ago
New Google Chrome attack can cause your Windows 10 device to crash

New Google Chrome attack can cause your Windows 10 device to crash

A new exploit has been discovered within Google Chrome, which has the potential to completely freeze Windows 10 devices. The exploit is part of a tech support scam, in which the user is told that there is a virus on his or her device. This can be read on the site BGR. There we read about a new explo... Read more

date5 years ago
Salesforce adds Javascript support to Lightning platform

Salesforce adds Javascript support to Lightning platform

Salesforce has announced to add Javascript support to the Lightning platform. Lightning is a platform for developing apps. The new Lightning Web Components is a standards-based programming model that allows developers to easily create reusable components with Javascript, reports ZDNet. According to ... Read more

date5 years ago
Hacker places malware in popular JavaScript library

Hacker places malware in popular JavaScript library

A hacker has managed to place code in a popular JavaScript library that steals bitcoin. This is a library that many companies use. The impact could therefore potentially be very large, although there is still some uncertainty about this. The hack included placing code in Event-Stream, a JavaScript ... Read more

date5 years ago
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