PHP still leads over other server-side programming languages
A report from W3Techs show that PHP is still a very popular programming language. W3Techs’s web server survey finds tech in use by sites in Alexa’s top 10 million list.
The report released today includes a year-on-year chart that starts from January 2010, running through 2021. The survey onl...
JetBrains launches Kotlin Basics
JetBrains Academy launched Kotlin Basics, an introductory free program for the popular Android apps language. The program aims to teach interested students the language to apply in devs and other pertinent projects.
In the Kotlin Basics program, students will get an introduction to the language ...
The latest version of the programming language Rust is now available
Rust version 1.54 introduces some new stable features. Two additions are particularly interesting. One of them has to do with WebAssembly being used as a target platform, and the other is the use of macros in attributes.
This version also stabilizes some APIs and trait implementations, particula...
Malware developers rewrite malware in exotic languages
BlackBerry’s Research and Intelligence team just published a new report on Monday, showing that Go (Golang), D (DLang), Nim and Rust, are rising in popularity. The languages are enjoying an uptick for their characteristics which makes them better suited to evade security and addressing specific p...
JetBrains Survey: JavaScript is the king of programming languages
JavaScript is still considered the most widely used programming language among developers, with Python firmly in second place and ahead of Java. This news comes from a large survey conducted by developer tools maker JetBrains.
According to the developers' survey, JavaScript was used by 69% of al...
New ransomware shows popularity of Golang programming language
A new ransomware strain has emerged that uses Golang in what is yet another sign of the programming language's growing popularity among cybercriminals. CrowdStrike managed to get a sample of the new ransomware variant, which has not yet been named.
It borrows features from HelloKitty/DeathRansom...
Python 3.10.0 beta 2 is now ready for testing
Python’s first beta version for the year is here and offers some cool features.
The point of the beta preview releases is to have communities test the bug fixes and features so that any issues can be reported and improved upon before the full-fledged release.
Python 3.10 Beta 2 preview
T...
TypeScript 4.3 is out, featuring individual write types
Microsoft announced the release of TypeScript 4.3, which comes with many updates including individual write types for properties, “–noImplicitOverride”, “override” and template string types improvements.
With individual write types, developers can specify read and write types fo...
Kotlin 1.5.0 offers JVM records and a new JVM IR compiler
JetBrains has released version 1.5.0 of its Kotlin programming language. The new version introduces, among others, support for JVM records and the new standard JVM IR compiler.
Version 1.5.0 is the first update according to the new six-monthly release schedule. Previously updates were only relea...
‘Number of developers increased by 14 percent’
In the past six months, there has been a considerable increase in the number of developers. JavaScript is still by far the most popular programming language, although C# seems to have surpassed PHP's popularity.
This is evident from the latest version of SlashData's semi-annual State of the Deve...
Google integrates Rust programming language into Android
Google has given the Android platform support for the Rust programming language. By doing so, the company hopes to prevent future bugs that lead to security problems.
In a blog post, Google explains that the company wants to use Rust mainly for the code of the deeper layers of the operating syst...
The new version of Julia (Version 1.6) could be the next LTS
Julia (the programming language) has released version 1.6. The expectation is that it will assume the position of the next long-term support (LTS) version. Because of that, extra time went into designing, prepping, and testing the language, in addition to performance updates.
The final decision ...