• The rise of Node.js: JavaScript graduates to the server

  By Paul Krill | 07 February, 2012 22:11

  Although it is just three years old, Node.js is gaining traction as an application development platform, letting developers extend JavaScript beyond the browser and into servers. But questions remain about JavaScript's appropriateness on servers and developers' readiness to use it.

• Node.js inventor extends JavaScript programming beyond browsers

  By Paul Krill | 26 January, 2012 00:32

  The open source project Node.js was invented by Joyent software engineer Ryan Dahl three years ago next month. It essentially allows JavaScript to be used outside of a browser. Node leverages Google's V8 JavaScript virtual machine to interpret JavaScript, and it uses an event-driven non-blocking I/O model that cloud services vendor Joyent -- a principal Node advocate -- says makes it ideal for data-intensive and real-time applications running across distributed devices. It is also championed by companies such as Microsoft and Mozilla.

• Google boosts garbage collection for Chrome browser

  By Paul Krill | 23 November, 2011 02:09

  Google is offering a new incremental garbage collector for its Chrome browser to "dramatically" improve the interactive performance of Web applications, the company said on Monday.

• Oracle prepping its Nashorn JavaScript engine

  By Paul Krill | 06 October, 2011 09:32

  Oracle's Project Nashorn is focused on developing a JavaScript engine for the company's JVM (Java Virtual Machine) that is intended to leverage JVM libraries and offer higher performance than the current Rhino JavaScript engine, a company official said on Wednesday.

• Sencha offers HTML5 framework for mobile apps

  By Paul Krill | 16 November, 2010 11:42

  Sencha began offering on Monday Sencha Touch, an HTML5-based mobile application development framework for touch-based devices. The company also detailed plans for an upgrade to its Ext JS JavaScript framework.

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