Will JavaScript take over the programming world? Or is it a lady already wearing too much make-up, only getting worse? This question has been up for discussion on the O’Reilly Programming website and further discussed on the web.
While it might actually top the list of programmers’ least-liked languages, JavaScript could end up dominating through its sheer ubiquity. It’s everywhere and it’s popular. However, the author doubts it will take over the general-purpose language space. This is for a couple of reasons, particularly the shift towards more of a compilation approach in spaces where JavaScript was for a long time the only way to do it — or at least was the dominant way. This frees developers who weren’t too keen on JavaScript to work with something more comfortable to them. And it leaves the door open for those who do enjoy JavaScript, but still want to try another tool.
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What tools should a developer use to build a front end for their application? This sounds too simple, but use the library or framework that is best suited for what you want to achieve. Only add in other tools as absolutely necessary. Read More
How much of your time do you spend writing custom reports? Probably too much. It isn’t what you signed up for when you decided you wanted to be a developer. Well, leave the reporting to the end users with a self-service business intelligence platform, and start looking at other things that are much more interesting. Here are some topics to look into for 2016. 