They grabbed a copy of the V8 JavaScript engine to speed up their code, then created simple libraries that connected the V8 engine to the TCP/IP ports. Presto change-o, it was answering requests very ...

Every developer should be paying attention to the local-first architecture movement and what it means for JavaScript. Here’s ...

Could 2026 be the year of the beautiful back end? We explore the range of options for server-side JavaScript development, from Express to Next and all the rest. A grumpy Scrooge of a developer might ...

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Editor’s note: Spike Brehm, the author of this post, is just one of the amazing hackers we’ve got speaking at DevBeat 2013, our first-ever developer conference taking place next week, Nov. 12-13 in ...

Popular JavaScript frameworks like Angular, Ember and React have fueled enthusiasm for applications that perform most of their rendering on the client-side. Sadly, the power and benefits of ...

This has been a big year for JavaScript. New, fast engines have tested their legs. Libraries have matured. With the ECMAScript 5 draft proposal, the language is growing. However, the language remains ...

For server side developers, the idea of building an application mostly in JavaScript may seem pretty foreign. However, this appears to be a burgeoning trend on the client side. More and more ...

In an interview with Kenichi Suzuki from Faber Company Inc., Google Developer Advocate Martin Splitt recently shared key information about JavaScript rendering, server-side vs. client-side rendering, ...