On August 1, npm Inc. — the company that runs the biggest JavaScript package repository — removed 38 JavaScript npm packages that were caught stealing environment variables from infected projects.

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I was recently put on a new project at work that is way behind schedule, attempting to get the software ready for a pilot release that was scheduled to happen 6 months ago.<BR><BR>The project involves ...

Is there a way to create a completly isolated javascript environment in python? All I want to do is test if some potentially malicious code calls window.location, iframe.src or something similar, no ...

Salesforce.com has attracted one million developers to its platform and is now making a push into the mobile market with a new hybrid environment that allows developers to use JavaScript to update ...

that list and drop it on your code and the JavaScript reference to that object is created. It’s great for beginners because they can learn how JavaScript and the DOM work through simple drag & drop ...

The social giant's newest open source offering provides a rapid way to set up the prerequisites for building React apps in a complex JavaScript environment Facebook’s React.js library is now used to ...

TypeScript was once born out of necessity to compensate for JavaScript's greatest weaknesses. For years now, it has been an almost indispensable tool in web development, always slightly ahead of ...