Engineering

The Brutal Lifecycle of JavaScript Frameworks

by Ian Allen on January 11, 2018

JavaScript UI frameworks and libraries work in cycles. Every six months or so, a new one pops up, claiming that it has revolutionized UI development. Thousands of developers adopt it...

Take the 2018 Developer Survey

by Rachel Ferrigno on January 8, 2018

It’s that time of year again—the annual developer survey is now open! This survey marks the 8th year we’ve been asking the developer community for their thoughts on everything from...

The Cliffs of Insanity: Dramatic Shifts in Technologies on Stack Overflow

by Julia Silge on November 13, 2017

Life as a developer (or data scientist, in my case) involves being comfortable with changing technologies. I don’t use the same programming languages that I did at the beginning of...

What are the Most Disliked Programming Languages?

by David Robinson on October 31, 2017

On Stack Overflow Jobs, you can create your own Developer Story to showcase your achievements and advance your career. One option you have when creating a Developer Story is to...

From Power Calculations to P-Values: A/B Testing at Stack Overflow

by Julia Silge on October 17, 2017

If you hang out on Meta Stack Overflow, you may have noticed news from time to time about A/B tests of various features here at Stack Overflow. We use A/B...