I recently attended the PhillyETE conference and there were a number of interesting talks. In particualar, I was a big fan of the talk from Alex Payne regarding Emerging Programming Languages. One of the languages that I found interesting, Opa, seemed more than just a language, and conveniently someone emailed me about it. That someone… Read More A Q&A With Opa Creator Henri Binsztok
Yes, February is one of two job trends months. Last week I focused on the trends for traditional languages like C# and Java. Today, we return to a group of languages that people mentioned in comments frequently. I call this list “web and scripting languages” because I do not have a better name for these.… Read More Web And Scripting Programming Language Job Trends – February 2012
Like many software developers, I have toyed with many languages over the years. Some languages have grown in popularity and others have waned. Today, I would like to give thanks to those esoteric, arcane, rare and industry changing languages in a nice A-Z listing. Some are old, some are new, some are popular, some are… Read More Giving Thanks To Arcane Programming Languages
Some of you reading this post will know that many of my blog posts are syndicated at DZone.com. Some of you are probably asking one of two questions: Your blog content can be syndicated to a site like DZone? What is DZone? First, blog content all over the world is syndicated to other sites, even… Read More Getting Your HTML5 Fix: HTML5 At DZone
August is one of the months that I devote to job trends. Last week I focused on the trends for traditional languages like C++ and Java. Today, we return to what I call the web and scripting languages. You may be wondering what I mean by “web and scripting languages”, and my list currently includes Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Flex and Groovy.… Read More Web And Scripting Programming Language Job Trends – August 2011
Changes are coming to RegularGeek! These are not really big changes, but they are something. Because some of the changes affect the content on this blog, I wanted to give you notice of what is coming. First, I hope to finally update the blog with a new logo. I have had the logo for a… Read More Changes Are Coming
This is a guest post from Lior Levin. While content is the backbone of your website, aesthetics are still very important, which is why having a site with a little eye candy doesn’t hurt. Now, you could opt for proprietary software like Flash, which allows for some amazing effects, but the problem is that not… Read More 5 jQuery Scripts To Create a Great First Impression
Last month, Twitter and Facebook made some moves to hide RSS feeds and put focus more on their APIs. There was the typical ranting that followed the news, some in favor of RSS and others not. Now that the conversation and controversy of RSS being killed again has died down, I wanted to address the real… Read More The Rise Of The API, The Future Of The Web
At the beginning of this month, I compared the job trends for traditional programming languages like C++, Java and others. This is the second post of the recurring programming job trends posts, where we look at web and scripting programming languages. Granted, web and scripting languages does not accurately describe the list of languages, but… Read More Web & Scripting Programming Language Job Trends – February 2011
There is an interesting discussion occurring regarding data transfer in web applications. The discussion has centered on the differences between JSON and XML in the JavaScript heavy sites. It started with Norm Walsh commenting on Twitter and Foursquare removing support for XML in their APIs. The basic idea of his post was that if you are… Read More The Problem Is Not JSON Or XML, It Is About Data Context
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