Upstreaming can improve your code, simplify development, and lighten your maintenance burden. Follow these best practices when donating code and reap the benefits. Code commonly flows downstream, from ...

GitHub is the most popular web-based, open-source version control system developers use to host their codes. The website provides a platform to collaborate with other programmers on the project easily ...

There are several riffs on the original 'free as in speech, not free as in beer' distinction as a way of explaining open source. I've been saying 'free as in puppy' for years and I coined 'free as in ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Open source refers to a software program or ...

Web development is easier when you've got the right tools at hand. Here are 14 tools and extensions for building Web apps. Building Web apps seems like it ought to be easy enough. A little HTML, a ...

Also in today's open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews Linux Mint 17.3 Xfce, and Debian 8.3 has been officially released Codes of Conduct have often been pushed to create “safer” environments, while ...

Confirming many other studies, trackers and surveys, a new open source project tracker lists Microsoft's Visual Studio Code as the top code editor, clocking in at No. 11 on the list of most popular ...