Studies conducted by Google show that for many developers finding code online consumes a large portion of the day. Finding a simple function, a library, a useful package, a reusable component or a useful “how to” blog tutorial isn’t always simple. Knowing if you can trust and use the code you found can be even… Read more »
Given the choice between one piece of cake right now or a whole cake one month from now, we would probably choose the first. This psychological bias is known as “Time Preference” or “Delay Discount.” We’ve all seen this fine example of kids trying to hold on by not eating a marshmallow, in hope of… Read more »
New data from the open source reveals the story of a simple javascript function. One line of code was re-invented over 100 times and duplicated over 1,000 times across GitHub’s top 10,000 repositories. This is only a symptom of a much deeper problem. Imagine every time you wanted to drive a car, you had to… Read more »
Amidst the fast-changing landscape of the Internet of Things (IoT), the world’s fastest growing open source platform Node.js launched a major update that will enhance its security, reliability and performance for IoT-related solutions. News of the update came from the Node.js Foundation, an industry-backed, community-led consortium that developed the open source platform. It announced the… Read more »
React Native changed one iOS developer’s mind about web development. Will it change yours?
How to cope when your app gets uninstalled.
A standard championed by Mozilla and its rivals could supercharge the Web.
The slogan it’s not using yet: One repo, one module.
It could literally change the game, but it’s not there yet.
Most mobile apps are hybrids already. Let’s move on.
