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According to Google performance expert Colt McAnlis, one of the direst problems web developers face today is JavaScript performance. JavaScript parsing engines use GC (garbage collection) for memory management, a method that allows programmers make sure memory no longer used by a program is sent back to the operating system, and though that may be helpful, memory management code in languages like

Apple is coming up with a new version of its OS Mavericks and it is called OS X Mavericks. There are many updates that will be seen in this new OS version but we are going to give you hints about some of the latest features that are going to be added in OS X Mavericks. 1 – iBooks If you have been an Apple user since a long time then you already know that to use iBooks, you had to be on iOS

Aiming to help developers riddled by having to work on the Google Web page editor when using Google Apps Script, Google has now added support for a full-featured IDE in the form of an Eclipse plugin. The Eclipse editor will enable users to work on bigger than average scripts, implementing features that offer Google Drive syncing, as well as collaborative group implementation. The editor’s

When shifting from coding as a hobby to full-fledged professional developing, here’s a set of tools one comes to appreciate. Discipline: Focusing on the task at hand and delivering it in a timely fashion and at an optimal state, becomes a major advantage one seeks in a professional coder, as opposed to a hobbyist who may write ingenious code but in an unreliable fashion. Priorities: Picking up one

A couple of teaching initiatives have made headlines, with non-profit Code.org aiming to reach 10 million US students with its Hour of Code program, while General Assembly is offering free online web development courses through Dash. Code.org is aiming to celebrate this year’s Computer Science Education week (Dec. 9-15) by reaching millions of students in 50 different States of the USA, spreading

Here are four tips that will help your code automatically get better. a. Use Small Methods: This tends to be the most difficult part in coding, but it’s arguably the most important as well. Keeping your methods small, helps maintain tidier code, with more descriptive method names and fewer side effects. Your code will be easier to run through and that will help you maintain a wider view of your

Dramatic jumps over the past year have seen the Groovy language break into the top-20 list of programming languages, reaching the 18th spot, according to this month’s Tiobe index of programming language popularity. A dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine, Groovy has managed to jump over 35 spots since last year, when it was ranked at the 53rd position. Though its use percentage is at a

As we all know that Yahoo recently changed the interface and look of its email service and many of us were shouting at the top of our lungs that this is exactly what Gmail looks like. Well, it turns out that the Yahoo is not so much similar to Gmail in functions although, they have done their best to design their email client just like the email client from Google. Some bugs have been reported in

There is no doubt that Google Chrome is one of the finest web browsers available today. I personally believe that most of the internet users prefer using Google Chrome instead of other alternatives. However, if you were under the impression that your personal information is safe with Google Chrome then this news will come as a surprise for you. It has been noted that the cache files of Google

The process of developing is one that entails a massive amount of decisions to be made each and every day. From smaller ones like breaking up code, centralizing it, or refactoring, to bigger ones referring to problems the require complex approaches to be solved, a developer’s work is full of twists and turns that can some times blindside you. Time and effort management are of extreme importance