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Javascript: JS Foundation to Encourage Collaboration and Adoption of JS Best practices

By Dick Weisinger

The formation of a group known as the JS Foundation was recently announced.  The goal of the group is to advance best practices and policies for Javascript application and server-side projects and to encourage collaboration in the development of new…

Programming: Windows and Linux Lose Developers to Mac OS

By Dick Weisinger

A recent survey by Stack Overflow found that Mac OS is now the top desktop for software developers, although slightly more than half of all developers still use some version of Windows. Both GNU/Linux and Windows have been slowly losing ground…

Chaos Engineering: A Proactive Approach to Probe the Limits of Software Systems

By Dick Weisinger

While most companies that design software focus on getting things right, few focus on how users can break what they’ve created.  Software businesses increasingly accept that even the best software has holes and they want to know how to uncover…

Obsolete Technology: Holding Back Greater Productivity and Efficiencies

By Dick Weisinger

While some businesses are continually on the cusp of adopting ever newer technologies, there are many businesses at the opposite end of the curve.  Some government systems offer examples of systems that are still in operation but are decades past…

Enterprise Apps: Businesses Turn to Low-Code Development

By Dick Weisinger

The application development market is expected to reach $15.4 billion by 2020, according to a report by Forrester.  Forrester identifies five market segments of the app development market: general-purpose platforms, and platforms for process, database, request handling and mobile applications. As…