PROGRAMMING & SCRIPTING
NODE.js: New Node.js API Will Shield Modules from JavaScript Engine Changes. Help is on the way for developers building native modules for Node.js, as well for those who want to swap out the underlying JavaScript engine powering the platform. Currently, modules must be recompiled to work with new versions of Node.js and the JavaScript engine, which traditionally has been Google’s V8 engine. But N-API is about to make things easier by providing an API for linking in native add-ons. Independent of the underlying JavaScript runtime, N-API will be stable for the application binary interface (ABI) across Node versions, to insulate add-ons from changes in the underlying JavaScript engine. Modules compiled for one version of Node.js would then run on later versions with no need to recompile. Read more
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JAVA: How to Convert Java Apps to JavaScript with CheerpJ. Cheerpj is a unique tool that will convert Java bytecodes into JavaScript, allowing developers to move their applications and software to the web with relative ease. The best part is it doesn’t require a plugin or Java installation to work. For good measure, this means you don’t have to go through the trouble of downloading, installing, and configuring a Java environment and IDE. Read the rest
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JAVASCRIPT: The Best JavaScript Testing Tools for React. How to choose the right test runner, test framework, assertion libraries, and add-on tools for your React project. Find out more
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POPULAR: Programming Languages: Python is Hottest, but Go and Swift are Rising. Python edges out C and Java to become the most popular programming language. Read more
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IT SECURITY SUPPORT: Blue Mountain Data Systems is actively involved in implementing FISMA and NIST standards with Federal Civilian Agencies. Due to our extensive experience in this area, Blue Mountain has developed processes and organizational techniques to help ensure security deliverables are completed on time, and performed in the most efficient manner possible. We ensure that NIST-800-53 control requirements are treated consistently during definition, analysis, implementation, auditing, and reporting phases of a system. Find out more about Blue Mountain Data Systems IT Security Support Services. Call us at 703-502-3416.
BLUE MOUNTAIN DATA SYSTEMS HAS THE EXPERIENCE: 1994 to Present – U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration. Responsible to the Office of Technology and Information Systems for information systems architecture, planning, applications development, networking, administration and IT security, supporting the enforcement of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act — ERISA. Within the EBSA, Blue Mountain is responsible for design, development and support for its various enforcement database management systems, as well as all case tracking and customer service inquiry systems. Blue Mountain also provides IT security services to the EBSA, in the form of FISMA Assessment and Authorization, System Security Plans, Risk and vulnerability assessments, monitoring and investigation support. Read more.
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