Before Java Specification Request (JSR) 223, Scripting for the Java Platform, (and its predecessor, the Bean Scripting Framework, or BSF), many languages were already communicating with Java. Some ...
Impure is the latest stab at bringing coding to the masses — or techno-savvy infographics-junkies, anyway. It’s a “visual programming language” that lets you build hot-looking data visualizations ...
Three years ago, I wrote an article for JavaWorld called “Java Scripting Languages: Which Is Right for You?” When I collected the interpreters to compare, I tried to choose ones that seemed a good fit ...
Hot scripting language: JavaScript Few scripting languages are as polarizing as JavaScript. But love it or hate it, it’s hard to debate the fact that JavaScript has had a renaissance of late, making ...