We trace the rise of free open source software—code that can be freely modified and shared—from philosophical outlier to modern powerhouse Underlying every piece of software you use is source ...

With the rise of open source objects are back. Big-time. Many great open source projects are built on objects, small programs which developers then use to create their installations. Drupal is the ...

Here’s what you need to know about JavaScript Object Notation ... Imagine having to create and parse it in code. In contrast, using JSON in JavaScript is dead simple. Try it out.

XML is more difficult to manage than JSON format. Converting XML into a JavaScript object takes up to tens or hundreds more lines of code compared to JSON, and it requires an XML parser. XML documents ...