Ceylon 1.3 Adds Support for Building Android Apps and More
Ceylon, RedHat’s strongly statically typed language for the JVM, has reached version 1.3. Released one year after version 1.2, Ceylon 1.3 is a major release bringing Android support, npm integration, and a plugin for IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio, besides new language features and improvements.
Angular 2 Final Released, Adopts Semantic Versioning
The Angular 2 JavaScript platform has been released in its final form. In response to criticism over their versioning during the release candidate phase, Angular 2 will now follow the semantic versioning patterns.
Mozilla Discontinue Support for Firefox Hello [Interview]
Mozilla has discontinued and removed Firefox Hello from its flagship browser. InfoQ talked to Nick Nguyen, VP of Firefox, about the decision to stop supporting the WebRTC experiment.
Redmonk Analyzes Java Framework Popularity
Redmonk Analyst Fintan Ryan recently published his findings on framework popularity in Java. After completing an in-depth research study on GitHub stars, issues, commits and Twitter followers, Ryan concludes: Spring still dominates, Spring Boot is on an exponential curve, Netty and Play continue to grow strongly.
Regular Maintenance for Bootstrap v3 Ends
The maintainers of the popular Bootstrap framework have announced that they are ending maintenance for Bootstrap v3, the current version. It's been over a year since the first alpha of version 4 was released and the project is still not in beta. To speed along development, Mark Otto (creator of Bootstrap) has decided to end all regular maintenance for version 3.
Open-Source OCaml to JavaScript Compiler BuckleScript Hits 1.0
BuckleScript 1.0 brings almost full compatibility with OCaml features and an improved FFI with the aim of avoiding writing unsafe JavaScript stubs. InfoQ has spoken with Bloomberg’s Hongbo Zhang, BuckleScript creator at Bloomberg.
Microsoft Releases TypeScript 2.0 RC
Microsoft has released the TypeScript 2.0 release candidate. One of the most important updates in Typescript's release candidate is its tagged unions. "Tagged unions make it way easier to get type safety using JavaScript patterns you’d write today," says Daniel Rosenwasser, Typescript program manager.
Mozilla's Observatory Website Security Analysis Tool Available
Mozilla has launched their website security analysis tool. Dubbed Observatory, the tool helps to spread information on best security practices to developers and sys admins in need of guidance.
Visual Studio Code Now Supports Debugging of iOS Web Apps
A new extension for Visual Studio Code aims to allow developers to debug JavaScript web apps and sites running on iOS devices directly from their editor both on Mac and Windows, writes Microsoft program manager for JavaScript Diagnostics Kenneth Auchenberg.
NGINX Release Targets Application Security
NGINX Plus R10 has been released, with a focus on improving application security, and network integration. The release supports API authentication by validating JSON web tokens (JWT), and improved SSL/TLS performance in production with support for elliptic curve crypto (ECC) certificates.
SuperPack, a New Serialization Format with a Smaller Payload
Shape Security has open sourced a new schemaless binary serialization format called SuperPack.
V8's New JavaScript Interpreter Improves Memory Consumption
Google's V8 JavaScript engine has a new interpreter, called Ignition, that hopes to reduce the compiler's memory consumption and reduce complexity. Chrome 53 will start using Ignition on Android devices with 512 MB of RAM or less.
NativeScript 2.2 Introduces Webpack for Angular 2 Projects
NativeScript 2.2 has been released with upgraded UI, support for iOS10 Beta 3 and introducing Webpack for the Angular 2 based projects. The major release brings a raft of tooling updates, including the decision to use Webpack for the Angular 2 based projects.
Transcompiling F# to Javascript with Fable
Fable is a F# to Javascript transpiler. It can compile an F# script or a whole F# project to Javascript. Fable is executed through a command line interface, giving the option to either compile an .fsx script or a whole project. It is distributed as an npm package.
Webpack Dashboard Improves UX over Console Output
A new tool, Webpack Dashboard, offers to improve the UX for those that use the popular Webpack module builder.
