Learn-to-code startup Codecademy is adding some new courses to its curriculum that will help both novice and experienced developers learn to use APIs from various Internet services in their applications.
For the second time in a month, the Ruby on Rails team has released critical security updates for the popular Web application framework. One flaw addressed by the patch could
Along with all the gadget makers and tech firms making announcements at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a slightly more surprising company—Ford. The auto maker used CES as
AT&T used the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas as a forum for making a couple of developer-related announcements. First, the wireless carrier unveiled a new Call Management API,
2012 was a great year for Apple’s App Store. The store surged passed 40 billion downloads—with about 20 billion of those occurring in the past year. December was particularly noteworthy
As at many American universities, Stanford’s computer science (CS) department is dominated by men. But the university–and its students–are taking steps to change that. In 2009, Stanford revamped its undergraduate
What were the biggest application development stories of 2012? InfoWorld offers a brief overview: The mobile development debate shifted from iOS vs. Android to native vs. the mobile Web. Despite
Two new studies suggest that demand for agile software development skills far exceeds the supply. First, U.S. based staffing firm Yoh IT found 558,198 postings for agile development jobs but
What trends should we expect to see next year in the cloud computing industry? Here’s a brief overview of what some experts have to say: Michael Crandell, CEO of RightScale: