PROGRAMMING & SCRIPTING
TYPESCRIPT: Microsoft’s JavaScript for Big Applications, Reaches Version 2.0. TypeScript, the JavaScript-based language that Microsoft devised to make developing large Web applications easier, reached its version 2.0 milestone last month. Since its introduction, TypeScript has included new features to improve performance, enhance JavaScript compatibility, and extend the range of error checking that the TypeScript compiler performs. TypeScript 2.0 introduces a big step forward here by giving developers greater control over null values. Read more
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CASE STUDY: JavaScript Blocking Google’s View of hreflang. Sam Gipson troubleshoots issues with a client’s hreflang implementation, testing to see if JavaScript elements might interfere with Google recognizing these tags. Find out more
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GOOGLE: Beats Back Oracle Again in Java Android Case. Oracle loses in court once again in its latest attempt to obtain Java copyright damages from Google. To recap, Oracle claimed the 37 Java application programming interface (API) packages Google used to develop Android are covered by copyright. Of course, that’s not really the issue. True, the the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals foolishly ruled that APIs could be copyrighted. But the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in May 2016 that Google’s use of the Java APIs were not subject to copyright licensing fees. Instead, Android’s use of the APIs was covered by “fair use.” Find out more
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CODE: What It Means To Be a ‘Popular’ Programming Language. A lot of people like JavaScript for sure, but its popularity has much more to do with its current utility. Web browsers (and now servers, via Node.js) feature engines for interpreting JavaScript and so JavaScript is the default programming language for web applications. If web development weren’t popular – especially so among Stack Overflow users—then we would see a different ranking. Read the rest
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NOW ON SLIDESHARE: Tech Update Summary from Blue Mountain Data Systems September 2016 http://www.slideshare.net/BMDS3416/tech-update-summary-from-blue-mountain-data-systems-september-2016.
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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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