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News about MacOS
- Topics
- IDE,
- .NET Framework,
- Git
Version 2.6 of MonoDevelop, the open-source IDE for .NET and Mono development, includes several new features, the most notable of which are Git integration and support for the Mac platform via the MonoMac add-in.
- Topics
- Linux,
- Performance & Scalability,
- .NET
GPU.NET 2.0 supports Mono, enabling building and deploying computational intensive applications for Linux and Mac OS X along the already supported Windows.
- Topics
- Operations,
- Release,
- Team Collaboration,
- Collaboration,
- Package Managers
GitHub have launched a desktop client for Mac OS X called simply GitHub for Mac.
- Topics
- Runtimes,
- User Interface,
- Desktop,
- Rich Client / Desktop,
- Ruby
The MacRuby team's busy working towards MacRuby 1.0, recently with the 0.10 release which adds XCode 4 support. Meanwhile, the first applications written using MacRuby have shown up in the Mac AppStore. Also: MacRuby seems to be part of the upcoming "Lion", Mac OS X 10.7.
- Topics
- Linux,
- Performance & Scalability,
- .NET
GPU.NET is a managed solution integrated with Visual Studio 2010 for .NET developers and aimed at creating calculation intensive applications for GPU.
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- Announcements,
- Java
Apple have just announced that they will be working with Oracle on the OpenJDK project. As part of the deal Apple will contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for Java SE 7 on Mac OS X.
- Topics
- Dynamic Languages,
- Runtimes,
- Ruby on Rails,
- Rich Client / Desktop,
- Ruby
MacRuby 0.7 is out, with the usual performance and compatibility improvements, including Ruby 1.9.2 compatibility. To demonstrate MacRuby's tight integration with Snow Leopard's Grand Central Dispatch (GCD), the team has released ControlTower, a Rack-based web server. Also: with the new BridgeSupport, all native APIs can now be accessed and scripted.
- Topics
- Announcements,
- Java
As well as yesterday's back to the Mac presentation, Apple released a number of updates, including Java for 10.6 update 3, which brings the Java version to 1.6.0_22 and fixes numerous security holes. Significantly, though, in the release notes Apple signs its exit to the Java licensee space by making Java deprecated and hinting at its removal from 10.7 OSX Lion.