Pysa static analysis tool, developed to find security bugs in Instagram's huge codebase, can now be used to help secure other developers' Python code
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Study: Half Of All Developers Now Use JavaScript
But Google-backed Kotlin is fastest-growing language in percentage terms, while Python and Java continue to add developers at a steady clip
Python Beats Java To No. 2 Spot On GitHub
Data science and AI help Python grow to the second most popular language on GitHub this year, while Google's Dart and Mozilla's Rust show strongest growth
Microsoft Claims Speed Edge With Open Source Python Type Checker
Microsoft's Pyright runs independently of Python, intended to give it a performance boost over rivals such as Mypy – but it remains a work in progress
Python-Based Malware Infects European Companies
The use of Python means the PWOBot malware could easily be ported to different operating systems, says Palo Alto Networks
Quiz Of The Week: Programming Languages
Do you know Python from Cobol? Our quiz features languages old and new
Microsoft Upgrades Python Tools For Visual Studio
Microsoft updates its Python Tools for Visual Studio, with support for new web frameworks
Python Raises Bar On Code Quality
The defect density in the Python programming language now surpasses that of other open source and proprietary projects, according to Coverity
Researchers Gain Access To Protected Dropbox Source Code
Two programmers reverse-engineer the client written in obfuscated Python, enabling new attack vectors
“Death Threats” In Python Software Trademark Row
Python programmers tangle with a cloud firm over the trademark
Splunk SDKs Ramp Big Data Application Development
Splunk's new software development kits for Java and Python allow development on top of the big data platform
Duqu Trojan Found To Include Mystery Programming Language
Kaspersky researchers ask programming community for help decipher the code
ActiveState Ships Komodo 7 IDE
The Komodo 7 integrated development environment for Python, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript and Perl is billed as the 'world's fiercest IDE'
Key Partners Unlock Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
Red Hat delivers Red Hat Enterprise Linux to select customers at the Red Hat Summit event
ActiveState Harnesses Python For Amazon Cloud
Python developers can use ActiveState's Amazon-based cloud service to deploy enterprise applications