In the late 1990s, a well respected and visionary colleague made the surprising statement, “Java is dead.” That is probably the first time I had heard that phrase. Despite my respect for his ...

Programming languages pop up, morph, and disappear constantly, so spending your valuable time mastering a dead language probably sounds completely ridiculous. However, it's actually one of the best ...

Since every programming language is a tool suited to solve a particular problem, it behooves each IT shop to use the best tool for the job. So in this article, I share a few up-and-coming scripting ...