Peter Wayner
Contributing writer
Peter Wayner is the author of more than 16 books on diverse topics, including open source software ("Free for All"), autonomous cars ("Future Ride"), privacy-enhanced computation ("Translucent Databases"), digital transactions ("Digital Cash"), and steganography ("Disappearing Cryptography").
9 ways developers can rebuild trust on the Internet
Public keys, trusted hardware, block chains -- developers should be using these tech tools to help secure the Internet for all.
Nine ways developers can rebuild trust on the Internet
Public keys, trusted hardware, block chains — developers should be using these tech tools to help secure the Internet for all.
Review: The best browsers for Android smartphones
InfoWorld compares Chrome, CM Browser, Dolphin, Firefox, InBrowser, and UC Browser on speed, features, and HTML5 support
9 reasons MEAN should power your next programming project
LAMP diehards take note: The flexible simplicity of MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, and Node.js is no joke.
First look: Joyent Triton puts cloud computing on a bare-metal diet
Joyent’s Docker-driven container compute instances are superthin, superfast, and supercheap.
17 JavaScript tools breathe new life into old code
From Lisp to Pascal, old code is new again, thanks to these JavaScript cross-compilers, translators, and emulators
HTML5 shoot-out: How Chrome, Safari, Firefox, IE, and Opera measure up
Chrome and Opera lead in compliance with the latest Web features, but the differences among browsers may be smaller than they appear.
6 cool tools for compiling to JavaScript
Little languages abound to bring your code to the Web with surprising ease and few compromises
Coding for cars: The next generation of mobile apps
Developers will need to rethink UIs, connection strategies, and how to capitalize on new data streams -- especially as autonomous cars start rolling off the lots
Coding for cars: The next gen of mobile apps
Developers will need to rethink UIs, connection strategies, and how to capitalize on new data streams -- especially as autonomous cars start rolling off the lots
7 reasons why frameworks are the new programming languages
Thanks to powerful tools, the need for speed, and the shifting nature of programming itself, your next nerd fight will be over framework APIs, not syntax.
7 reasons frameworks are the new programming languages
Thanks to powerful tools, the need for speed, and the shifting nature of programming itself, your next nerd fight will be over framework APIs, not syntax
7 timeless lessons of programming ‘graybeards’
Heed the wisdom of your programming elders, or suffer the consequences of fundamentally flawed code.
Java vs. Node.js: An epic battle for developer mind share
Here’s how the enterprise stalwart and onetime script-kiddie toy stack up in a battle for the server room.
Java vs. Node.js: An epic battle for developer mind share
Here’s how the enterprise stalwart and onetime script-kiddie toy stack up in a battle for the server room.
10 capabilities we want to see in HTML6
More control over video, pluggable languages, stronger microformats -- here’s where W3C should steer HTML next.
PHP vs. Node.js: An epic battle for developer mind share
Here's how the old guard and upstart darling of the server-side Web stack up against each other
Attack of the one-letter programming languages
From D to R, these lesser-known languages tackle specific problems in ways worthy of a cult following.
It's the attack of the one-letter programming languages
From D to R, these lesser-known languages tackle specific problems in ways worthy of a cult following