About ten years ago, back when I was working in New York, friends of mine showed me something that knocked my socks off—a program that actually ran inside of the Web browser, without any need for ...

We programmers are lucky to be working today. I say this because there are so many excellent programming languages from which to choose, especially in the Open Source world. One of the most ...

Ever since the invention of the computer, software development has been trending towards higher-level languages. From assembly language, to C, to C++, to Java, each step up has met with the same ...

The rumors about the demise of Ruby have been circulating the developer world for years and articles prophesying the “death” of Ruby appear with amazing regularity. Yet, the language and its main ...

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The open source Ruby language, founded by developer Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto and released in 1995, has become a staple among programming languages. It has been used by companies like Twitter and ...

Microsoft-owned online code-hosting service GitHub has detailed its massive upgrade to version 2.7 of the Ruby programming language, which it deployed to production in July after a months-long project ...

Top coders have near limitless prospects when it comes to employment, or even opportunities to succeed in their own startups. In fact, learning to code is fast becoming a necessary life skill, with ...