JavaScript web apps and web servers are susceptible to a specific type of vulnerabilities/attacks known as regular expression (regex) denial of service (ReDoS). These vulnerabilities take place when ...

JavaScript is a sprawling and ever-changing behemoth, and may be the single-most connective piece of web technology. From AI ...

Dave Vellante and Jeff Kelly, broadcasting live from NYC as part of theCUBE interview series, sat down with Jerry Cuomo, IBM Fellow and WebSphere CTO to discuss Mobile Web, Javascript and the trends ...

Although it is just three years old, Node.js is gaining traction as an application development platform, letting developers extend JavaScript beyond the browser and into servers. But questions remain ...

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The Internet is about to hit its fourth major shift in server architecture. The early days were powered by simple Perl applications. As the dotcom hit, Java application servers running on highend UNIX ...

Redmonk’s annual programming language rankings – based on GitHub and StackOverflow traffic – were recently released and to no one’s surprise, JavaScript was ranked as the most popular programming ...

For years, Douglas Crockford, the high priest of JavaScript (JS), has claimed that it is a powerful, flexible language suited to a multitude of tasks, especially if you can separate it from the ugly ...

Online payment service PayPal says swapping Java for node.js on its servers is allowing it to serve web pages more rapidly and simplifying the creation of server-side software. PayPal has moved from ...