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Java News Roundup: JDK 18 Release Schedule, Spring Data 2021.1.0, Apple Open-Sources GCGC
This week's Java roundup for November 8th, 2021, features news from JDK 18, Project Loom Build 18-loom+4-273, point releases for Spring Framework and Spring Data, Quarkus 2.4.2.Final, Hibernate Reactive 1.1.0.Final, Piranha 21.11.0, Groovy 4.0.0-beta-2, Apache Camel Quarkus 2.4.0.Final, Neo4J Migrations 1.0.0, Apple open-sources GCGC, and Gluon JavaFX 17.0.2-ea+2 and JavaFX 18-ea+6.
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Java News Roundup: Hazelcast 5.0, Changes Coming to WildFly, Scene Builder 17, Hibernate ORM
This week's Java roundup for September 27th, 2021, features news from JDK 18, Hazelcast 5.0, point and release candidates of Hibernate ORM, Spring Initilizr 0.11.0, significant changes planned for WildFly, Open Liberty 21.0.0.10, Scene Builder 17, JReleaser 0.7.0, JDKMon 17.0.5, RefactorFirst 0.3.0, TornadoVM 0.11 and Sonatype dropping TLSv1.1 from their publishing servers.
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JavaFX: One Codebase for Web, PC, and Mobile
Gluon has introduced a technology preview of JavaFX running a single codebase across PC, mobile, and now client web. These fully standalone web clients do not require any server-side portion, making them suitable for serverless hosting.
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OpenJDK Proposes SecurityManager Deprecation
The OpenJDK project has proposed JEP-411 as a means of deprecating the SecurityManager. If accepted, this would be the first step in a multi-year process in which the OpenJDK Quality Outreach Campaign can guide affected projects towards alternatives before anything is removed.
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Gluon Releases SceneBuilder 16
Gluon releases Scene Builder 16, a graphical design tool that visually simplifies the creation of cross-platform applications on computers and mobile devices.
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The End of Applets
The Applet APIs are scheduled for removal six years after the plugin was removed from major browsers. The change will help notify applications that still link to the applet APIs, but tools are available to ease migration.
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JavaFX in AppStores and Improved UI Framework
Gluon spoke recently to discuss cross-platform JavaFX applications running on computers and mobile devices. Examples include two games. Meanwhile, the ControlsFX team has released a new update with improved UI controls.
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Rust Hyper HTTP Library Will Contribute to Make Curl Safer
Written in C, the popular curl and libcurl tools, which are installed in some six billion devices worldwide, are exposed to well-known security problems arising from the use of a non-memory safe language. A new initiative now aims to provide a memory-safe HTTP/HTTPS backend for curl based on Rust Hyper library.
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Bootstrap 5 Removes jQuery Dependency
The new Bootstrap 5 removes jQuery and no longer supports Internet Explorer (IE).
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WebAssembly Used to Extend Life of Flash Legacy Content
Adobe will stop distributing and updating Flash Player after December 31, 2020. The large amount of Flash content accumulated over the years is however not entirely lost. Ruffle, a Flash emulator, and CheerpX, an x86 virtualization technology, both leverage WebAssembly to play .swf files in the browser.
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Time is Running out on Silverlight
In approximately 15 months from now, Silverlight will effectively cease to exist. On October 12, 2021, users will no longer be able to download the IE plugin needed to use applications created with it.
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Next.js 9.3 Released, Improves Static Site Generation
The Next.js team recently released Next.js 9.3, featuring improved static website generation and preview and adding Sass support, while shipping a smaller runtime.
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JavaFX 14 Released
JavaFX 14 is available to help developers create cross-platform GUI applications with a single codebase. Improvements include HTTP/2 support with an embedded browser, controlled by native Java code.
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Adaptive Loading for a Faster Web
The Google Chrome team recently introduced Adaptive Loading, an exploration for loading and rendering the most suitable version of a component based on network speed, CPU, memory, and other web platform signals.
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OpenSilver: Open-Source Silverlight via WebAssembly
Earlier this month, Userware released the first version of OpenSilver, an open-source reimplementation of Silverlight. OpenSilver runs on current browsers via WebAssembly, without requiring any additional plug-ins. The current version of OpenSilver is available as "Technology Preview." It covers about 60% of the original Silverlight API and is available as a Visual Studio 2019 extension.