Help us Build the Future for Open Source Languages20190221091317
Help us Build the Future for Open Source Languages
At ActiveState we’re steeped in open source languages, we’ve been build engineering them for over twenty years. And we’ve seen first-hand the ch...
Oracle Charges for Java Updates: Now What?20190214091714
Oracle Charges for Java Updates: Now What?
Prior to January 2019, customers paid Oracle for a Java Standard Edition (SE) license plus annual support, and updates were provided for free. Startin...
The Hidden Cost of Build Engineering20190207090856
The Hidden Cost of Build Engineering
Endless configuration, tool installation, language and package updates, dependency hell, security upgrades, component patches…yak shaving…. Do...
Top Open Source Language Trends for 201920190131153317
Top Open Source Language Trends for 2019
At ActiveState, we recently put on a Webinar to present the Top 5 Trends in Open Source Languages as well as our predictions to capitalize or address ...
Making Coding more Accessible to Non-Devs20190124143643
Making Coding more Accessible to Non-Devs
Taught vs Self Taught When I was just starting out in software, I found that many of my peers often dismissed education as unnecessary saying, “just...
Software Estimation: Should it Include Build Engineering?20190117093823
Software Estimation: Should it Include Build Engineering?
Building Dev Environments Velocity as a measure of developer output is a well known metric for agile teams. Maximizing developer velocity is key to ge...
Report: Developers are Struggling with Open Source20181227080639
Report: Developers are Struggling with Open Source
This article was originally published in SDTimes. Developers say that replicating environments and maintaining proper information about the quality of...
Q&A with ActiveState: on the Challenges of Working with Open Source Languages, the Future of OSS, and ActiveState’s New SaaS Platform20181220072611
Q&A with ActiveState: on the Challenges of Working with Open Source Languages, the Future of OSS, and ActiveState’s New SaaS Platform
This article was originally published in SourceForge. Today, knowledge-centric organizations have come to recognize the value of open source languages...
How to Safely Navigate the World of Open Source Languages20181207084116
How to Safely Navigate the World of Open Source Languages
This article was originally published on Enterprise CIO. Opensource.com notes that, due to their widespread use, open source languages will enable and...
Adopting a New Programming Language in your Enterprise: Pains vs Gains20181120083115
Adopting a New Programming Language in your Enterprise: Pains vs Gains
ActiveState knows from our 2018 Developer Survey that one of the hardest things an enterprise can do is to adopt a new programming language. 67% of yo...