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Npm Left-pad Incident
On March 22, 2016, programmer, programmer Azer Koçulu took down the left-pad package that he had published to npm (a JavaScript package manager). Koçulu deleted the package after a dispute with Kik Messenger, in which the company forcibly took control of the package name kik. As a result, thousands of software projects that used left-pad as a Coupling (computer programming), dependency, including the Babel (transcompiler), Babel Source-to-source compiler, transcompiler and the React (JavaScript library), React web framework, were unable to be Software build, built or installed. This caused widespread disruption, as technology corporations small and large, including Meta Platforms, Facebook, PayPal, Netflix and Spotify, used left-pad in their software products. Several hours after the package was removed from npm, the company behind the platform, npm, Inc., manually restored the package. Later, npm disabled the ability to remove a package if more than 24 hours have elapsed since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Programmer
A programmer, computer programmer or coder is an author of computer source code someone with skill in computer programming. The professional titles Software development, ''software developer'' and Software engineering, ''software engineer'' are used for jobs that require a programmer. Identification Sometimes a programmer or job position is identified by the language used or target platform. For example, assembly language, assembly programmer, web developer. Job title The job titles that include programming tasks have differing connotations across the computer industry and to different individuals. The following are notable descriptions. A ''software developer'' primarily implements software based on specifications and fixes Software bug, bugs. Other duties may include code review, reviewing code changes and software testing, testing. To achieve the required skills for the job, they might obtain a computer science or associate degree, associate degree, attend a Cod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
