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In the world of comic book heroes, it’s easy to see the appeal of heroes combining their powers to make a difference, such as The Avengers. In the less super-powered world of programming development, ...

Node.js is a lean, fast, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that is useful for both servers and desktop applications. Scalability, latency, and throughput are key performance indicators for ...

Why browsers still allow pop-up dialogs, which are favored by scammers, is a mystery that baffles techies. As one user on HackerNews recently complained: "There are still malware and advertising sites ...

The risk in the JavaScript ecosystem isn't theoretical: earlier this month, a number of packages used by millions of developers were compromised via malicious code. These malware attacks against ...

The Socket.IO real-time framework for mobile and Web applications is now available as a 1.0 release. The JavaScript framework, which leverages Node.js, features an engine module for reliability and ...

The ESP8266 is a popular WiFi chip that provides a relatively transparent connection between the TX and RX pins of a microcontroller and a WiFi network. It was released a little more than a year ago, ...