JavaScript’s low bar to entry has resulted in one of the richest programming language ecosystems in the world. This month’s ...

Two projects have emerged that aim to bring rich JavaScript bindings and embedded scripting functionality to GTK+ application developers.

Next time you need to build a cross-platform desktop application, I recommend you to try Electron, especially if you are coming from JavaScript, and you already have some code you may be able to ...

Create a variable in the JavaScript tags to initialize an ActiveX object that can run commands through a command line: Add another line inside the script tags to run a desktop application.

David Pitt presents a guide to combining specific frameworks and structures for the basic functionality of HTML5-based mobile applications. He discusses the development considerations mobile ...

Whether you're building a Web or desktop application, here's a round-up of tools for building the interface with plain old HTML. Being able to work comfortably on Web-related code elements -- HTML, ...

He said he has built open source jsblocks, so it would be good for building any kind of application. “You have the powerful MVC for large applications. You could stick with MVVM only for smaller ...

Web application development has evolved into a discipline that melds sophisticated front‐end interactivity with robust back‐end functionality, utilising languages such as JavaScript as a ...

Java revolutionized software development 30 years ago. Even with the rise of web apps, there's a bright future for Java desktop application development.