Polyglot Programming on the Web | Groovy Zone

Polyglot Programming on the Web | Groovy Zone
Whether you like it or not, the web platform has become the dominant client-side technology. This fact is so obvious that even Microsoft and Adobe have abandoned their solutions in favour of the web. And as we’re going to build larger and larger applications in the browser, we need to find ways of doing it in a more productive fashion. I believe languages are a big part of it. And that’s where the Javascript community can learn a little bit from Java.

Static vs. dynamic languages: Why choose one over the other | TechRepublic

Static vs. dynamic languages: Why choose one over the other | TechRepublic

Takeaway: A discussion with Chip Camden and Justin James about static and dynamic languages leads to talk of Haskell, refactoring, code contracts, and more.

We asked TechRepublic contributors Chip Camden and Justin James to sound off on why they would choose static languages or dynamic languages over the other. Read what the developers had to say about static vs. dynamic (and to clarify, by a “static language,” they mean “statically typed language”) in this back-and-forth email discussion, and then weigh in on this topic by posting to our forums.