Mozilla updated its Thimble code editor Tuesday to make it more useful for teachers and students who want to learn and teach how to program websites. The updates bring a variety of improvements to ...

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Using JavaScript, you can radically transform HTML documents, adding functionality to static web pages and even creating full-blown web applications. At its core, JavaScript can do anything that any ...

Net giant details a new programming language for Web apps big and small, but stops well short of a 2010 internal memo that said it's designed to "replace JavaScript." Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

When it comes to programming for mobile devices, choice quickly becomes dilemma. Do you target the lucrative iPhone market at the expense of Android’s rising tide? Do you go native or write code to ...

Web-style programming in the next-gen Windows is a radical break for Microsoft. But there are reasons to expect it'll help draw programmers, not just alienate them. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...