JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Thirty years ago, Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduced JavaScript as a new, cross-platform scripting language for ...

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

“Bill Gates was bitching about us changing JS all the time,” Eich later recalled of the fall of 1996. Microsoft created its ...
InfoWorld

Oracle hitches Java to ‘Internet of things’

With an upgrade to the embedded version of Java announced Tuesday, Oracle wants to extend the platform to a new generation of connected devices, aka the Internet of things. Oracle also hopes that Java ...
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Java ME 8 and the Internet of Things

Embedded systems are computer systems embedded into complete devices, whose dedicated functions reside within a larger mechanical or electrical system. Typically used in both industrial and consumer ...
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What programming languages rule the Internet of Things?

As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to evolve, it can be difficult to track which tools are most popular for different purposes. Similarly, trying to keep tabs on the relative popularity of ...

This 30-Year-Old Code Keeps the Internet Running

JavaScript turns 30–and looks back on an astonishing history. What began as a hastily built prototype now dominates almost ...