scripting News and Other Resources

Whitepapers

Packet Monitoring at High Speed with FFPF (Technical Report)

January 1, 2013 12:00am PST

The Fairly Fast Packet Filter (FFPF) is an approach to network packet processing that adds many new features to existing filtering solutions like BPF. FFPF is designed for high speed by pushing...

Provided by: Stevens Creek Software LLC

Blog Post

Review: Brackets open-source code editor

December 31, 2012 9:00am PST

Ryan Boudreaux introduces a new open source code editor, still in its early stages, called Brackets.

Webcasts

Google I/O 2012 - Breaking the JavaScript Speed Limit With V8

December 20, 2012 12:00am PST

Are the user are interested in making JavaScript run blazingly fast in Chrome? This webcast takes a look under the hood in V8 to help the user identify how to optimize their JavaScript code. They...

Provided by: Oleksiy Kovyrin

Discussion Threads

Get scripting help with PowerShell Plus

December 19, 2012 10:39am PST

Get scripting help with PowerShell Plus article root Derek, thanks. I've started learning PS, hopefully this tool will be helpful. Thanks. typo? "become more proficient, PowerShell Studio from...

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Blog Post

Get scripting help with PowerShell Plus

December 18, 2012 9:00am PST

Derek Schauland finds a free tool to help shore up your PowerShell skills and share knowledge with a community of users.

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Whitepapers

An Interactive Graph-Based Automation Assistant: A Case Study to Manage the GIPSY's Distributed Multi-Tier Run-Time System

December 18, 2012 12:00am PST

The GIPSY system provides a framework for a distributed multi-tier demand-driven evaluation of heterogeneous programs, in which certain tiers can generate demands, while others can respond to...

Provided by: Concordia University

Downloads

JavaScript developer interview cheat sheet

December 17, 2012 12:00am PST

This list of open-ended proficiency questions and answers will come in handy for hiring managers interviewing JavaScript developer candidates -- and it will be a useful interview prep tool for the...

Provided by: Tony Patton

Blog Post

10 skills for developers to focus on in 2013

December 16, 2012 6:21am PST

Development trends that began to emerge in 2012 are picking up steam. Here's a look at the must-know technologies for the year ahead.

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Discussion Threads

JavaScript interview questions and answers

December 15, 2012 1:15pm PST

JavaScript interview questions and answers article root Javascript and HTML5 Questions pertaining to how JavaScript and HTML5 tie in are probably most relevant at the moment. Don't do this in an...

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Blog Post

JavaScript interview questions and answers

December 14, 2012 1:07pm PST

Development hiring managers and potential interviewees may find these sample JavaScript proficiency interview Q&As and code snippets useful.

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Whitepapers

Semantics and Security Issues in JavaScript

December 11, 2012 12:00am PST

There is a plethora of research papers describing the deep semantics of JavaScript. Nevertheless, such papers are often difficult to grasp for readers not familiar with formal semantics. In this...

Provided by: Creative Commons

Whitepapers

On Extracting Unit Tests From Interactive Programming Sessions

December 8, 2012 12:00am PST

Software engineering methodologies propose that developers should capture their efforts in ensuring that programs run correctly in repeatable and automated artifacts, such as unit tests. However,...

Provided by: University of Bristol

Whitepapers

Abusing Cloud-Based Browsers for Fun and Profit

December 7, 2012 12:00am PST

Cloud services have become a cheap and popular means of computing. They allow users to synchronize data between devices and relieve low-powered devices from heavy computations. In response to the...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

Whitepapers

Exploitation of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability on Real World Web Applications and Its Defense

December 1, 2012 12:00am PST

Attacks on web applications are growing rapidly with the opening of new technologies, HTML tags and JavaScript functions. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities are being exploited by the...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Applications

Blog Post

'When Can I Use' website takes guesswork out of browser compatibility

November 20, 2012 9:30am PST

Want to freshen up your website with new HTML5 and CSS3? This resource will quickly tell you if the new web elements and styles are compatible with your selected browsers for mobile or desktop.

Discussion Threads

Transform your website with HTML5 Boilerplate

November 16, 2012 6:46pm PST

I think you're wrong - the title is accurate as this article is telling you that you can change the website using Boilerplate. Now if the article started with "How to ...." you'd have grounds to...

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Blog Post

Poll: Is Ruby on Rails suitable for the enterprise?

November 16, 2012 9:25am PST

Take the developer poll, and let us know if you agree with Justin James that Ruby on Rails is best suited for public-facing Web applications.

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Blog Post

The Hobbit trilogy effect: More kids' books that should be made into three movies

November 8, 2012 1:40pm PST

Ken Hardin offers a tongue-and-cheek look at three classic children's books that Peter Jackson or a like-minded filmmaker could make into three movies.

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Whitepapers

Towards Dynamic Scripted pNFS Layouts

November 7, 2012 12:00am PST

Today's network file systems consist of a variety of complex sub-protocols and backend storage classes. The data is typically spread over multiple data servers to achieve higher levels of...

Provided by: University of Pacific