ReScript 12.0 has launched, marking a milestone in modernizing the language with a rewritten build system, improved ...

MicroQuickJS is a new project from Fabrice Bellard, who has created many other open-source projects, including QEMU, FFmpeg, ...

Understanding the core principles of computer programming is the first step to writing effective code. Learning about algorithms and data structures helps you solve problems more efficiently. Writing ...

Abstract: Scripting languages like Python or JavaScript are extremely popular among developers, in part due to their massive open-source ecosystems that enable smooth code reuse. However, recent work ...

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...

React conquered XSS? Think again. That's the reality facing JavaScript developers in 2025, where attackers have quietly evolved their injection techniques to exploit everything from prototype ...

Every so often, someone creates or changes a programming language. In the process, these language creators make a number of design choices. They may wonder whether to check certain conditions at ...

Each year, the code-sharing platform GitHub releases its ‘State of the Octoverse’ report, which among other things ranks the popularity of programming languages. The latest report, released in October ...