Topic: coding

SD Times GitHub Project of the Week: WarriorJS

Trying to learn a programming language as extensive as JavaScript can be complex and confusing, but it doesn’t have to be. Since JavaScript is so widely used and so well known, there are plenty of resources developers can access; and if the wide variety of documents are too boring…there are even some games! WarriorJS is … continue reading

10-year-old awarded Paris fellowship to help build her robot

A 10-year-old girl is on a mission to use her robot to make the streets of Paris “smile again,” a challenge that she will be able to accomplish after being awarded the prestigious Paris Summer Innovation Fellowship from Five by Five. Five by Five is a company that helps businesses, teams, enterprises and others with … continue reading

Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program reaches record numbers

Girls Who Code kicked off its 2016 Summer Immersion Program in Chicago and Washington D.C. this week, logging a record number of programs this year. The program is supported by technology organizations and spans across 78 programs in 11 cities. Today, the Summer Immersion Program kicked off in Washington D.C., and it’s supported and hosted … continue reading

Microsoft announces a new protection service, Android N to avoid unforeseen crashes, and Apple makes a coding camp for kids—SD Times news digest: June 22, 2016

Microsoft is introducing a new service that combines its Azure Rights Management (Azure RMS) and technology from its acquisition of Secure Islands. The Microsoft Azure Information Protection service is designed to give enterprises a new solution to protect employee identity, and to secure and manage devices, apps, and data. “Organizations must protect their data at … continue reading

Report: The coding boot camp market is on the rise

Coding boot camps are expected to grow by 74% this year, according to a newly released report by Course Report. In its third annual Coding Bootcamp Market Sizing Report, it estimated there would be 17,966 graduates this year, compared to 10,333 last year. “This report shows how many new developers these boot camps will contribute … continue reading

Microsoft HoloLens ships next round of devices, Mozilla Science Lab, and IBM to acquire EZSource—SD Times news digest: June 1, 2016

Developers have been busy adding to Microsoft HoloLens with new apps and other virtual reality experiences. This week, more developers will get to join in because Microsoft announced that it has begun to ship devices to developers from its second wave of applicants. Some highlights from the new devices include a multi-tasking update, which allows … continue reading

PostgreSQL 9.6 beta, SyntaxNet goes open source, and Mozilla files a motion with U.S. District Court—SD Times news digest: May 13, 2016

The first beta release of PostgreSQL 9.6 is ready for download, containing previews of all the features that will become available when the final version is here. The PostgreSQL Global Development Group is encouraging its users to begin testing their applications against this new release. New changes and enhancements include parallel sequential scans, joins and … continue reading

SD Times Blog: The best programmer blogs from A to Z

Sometimes the best way to stay up to date on the latest technologies, languages and tools for software development is to take notes from those that are actually using or testing what is out there. At SD Times, the editorial team comes across many programmer and company blogs that we find useful and insightful. The … continue reading

SD Times GitHub Project of the Week: Coala

After realizing his code “began to suck,” Lasse Schuirmann created an application called coala to make code analysis easy, while remaining completely modular, extensible and language-independent. Coala provides a user and developer interface, letting developers focus on logic only so that users can focus on content. Schuirmann said there are a lot of tools like … continue reading

Going beyond the code: Things developers should care about

Software has become a key factor in the success or failure of a business. Every industry is going digital, and with most of the world already “plugged in,” their software needs to be fast, easy to use, bug free and useful. Development shops are the powerhouses to creating this software, but be successful, a developer’s … continue reading

SD Times GitHub Project of the Week: Alda

Developers are often like composers: craftily writing up a elegant piece and making sure all the components work together. For those of you who are actually musicians, Alda wants to help you create music with code. Alda is a programming language for musicians designed for those who don’t know how to program, or for programmers … continue reading

Bing aims to improve programming search results

Developers have a world of knowledge at their fingertips, but with all the information available on the Web, it isn’t always easy finding the right answer. Microsoft and HackerRank, a platform designed to help engineers advance their skills, want to change that. The companies have teamed up on a new Bing solution designed to make … continue reading

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