Developers often focus on creating elegant code that is short and straightforward. However, this can kill browser performance when it fails to respect the way browsers actually render applications, ...

As the web becomes a place where more and more people spend their time reading, learning, and earning, learning to code for the web is a skill that is gaining traction with the masses. No longer is ...

Here at Ars, we’ve written frequently about the video game industry’s ongoing problem with blatant game cloning and the shifting legal and ethical landscape around the issue. But we’ve rarely seen a ...

I’m all for open source and freely sharing code, but there are also occasions when it’s necessary to hide some of the mechanics behind a web-based application. That’s where JScrambler comes in, a ...

If you’ve been building websites for a while, chances are you have some boilerplate code you use to jump-start a new site — perhaps some CSS resets, a basic HTML structure, and so on. You tweak and ...

Facebook’s new app for iPhone and iPad has made an impression on users with a significant improvement in speed and performance. In the world of software development, the project has also gotten lots ...

Q: I very much enjoy your column and read it each time it appears. I run Windows 10 on an HP laptop and Google Chrome is my web browser. When I try to play YouTube videos all I get is what looks like ...

If Appcelerator's proposed acquisition of Particle Code says anything, it's that the latter backed the right horse when it specialised in HTML5 app development. Appcelerator's decision to add HTML5 to ...

From the beginning, Web users have had mixed feelings about the way their browser communicates. On one hand, the idea of a tightly controlled sandbox is appealing because it limits the damage a ...