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AWS Application Composer to Visualize and Create Serverless Workloads Now Generally Available
AWS Application Composer, a visual builder that enables users to compose and configure serverless applications from AWS services backed by deployment-ready infrastructure as code (IaC), is now generally available (GA).
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ChatGPT Now Available in Preview on Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service
ChatGPT is now available in preview on Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service allowing developers to integrate ChatGPT directly into a host of different enterprise and end-user applications using a token-based pricing system.
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LinkedIn Improves Development Productivity by 10x by Implementing a Messaging Client-Side SDK
LinkedIn recently published how it significantly improved development productivity by implementing a client-side Messenger SDK. Usage of the SDK reduces code maintenance costs across multiple apps by abstracting away thousands of lines of code into shared libraries. In one case, the new SDK saved 40+ developer weeks of effort when building a new LinkedIn experience.
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Passwordless Cloud Deployments with GitHub Actions
GitHub’s CICD service offering, GitHub Actions, now supports the use of Open Identity Connect credentials to authenticate against cloud providers such as Hashicorp Vault, AWS, Azure and GCP without the use of long-lived credentials or passwords.
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Integrating Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with Power Platform and Logic Apps
Microsoft recently announced a new set of integrations with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server and the Microsoft Power Platform and Azure- making it easier to develop solutions for analyzing data, automating processes, and building apps. These new integrations include PowerBI, Logic Apps, PowerApps, and Power Automate.
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Road to Quarkus 3: Improved Dev UI, Steps towards Diataxis Documentation and Performance Bumps
Our previous conversation with the Quarkus team focused on the technical changes to deliver on their mission. More than speed and cloud nativeness, Developer Experience (DX) and the focus on productivity were also an important part of each of the previous major releases. To find out whether version 3.0 will follow this tradition, InfoQ continued the conversation with Andersen.
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Java News Roundup: Sequenced Collections for JDK 21, Vector API for JDK 20, Gen ZGC, Hilla 2.0
This week's Java roundup for March 6th, 2023, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 20, JDK 21, Spring Cloud Data Flow 2.10.2, Spring Modulith 0.5, Quarkus 2.16.14 and 3.0.0.Alpha5, Open Liberty 23.0.0.2, Micronaut 3.8.7, Helidon 2.6.0, Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M4, Apache Camel-4.0.0-M2, JobRunr 6.1.1, Jarviz 0.3.0 and Hilla 2.0.
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Java's Collections Framework Gets a Makeover with New Sequenced Collection Types
JEP 431: Sequenced Collections has been promoted from Candidate to Proposed to Target status for JDK 21. It proposes introducing "a new family of interfaces that represent the concept of a collection whose elements are arranged in a well-defined sequence or ordering, as a structural property of the collection."
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AWS Lambda Supports Powertools for .NET to Simplify Observability
AWS recently announced that the open-source library Lambda Powertools now supports .NET. The developer library helps implement observability when running Lambda functions based on .NET 6 or above, reducing the amount of custom code.
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Microsoft Claims SQL Server Performs Better on Azure Than AWS
In a recent benchmark, Microsoft claims that SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines can be up to 57% faster and cost up to 54% less than running a similar workload on AWS EC2.
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Introducing Hilla 2.0: Reactive Endpoints, Native Image, Simplified Theming, SSO Kit, and More
Hilla, the type-safe web framework for Spring Boot, has announced the release of version 2.0. This release utilizes Spring Boot 3, Java 17, and Jakarta EE 10, providing access to the latest features in the Java ecosystem. It includes an improved TypeScript generator, web socket support for reactive endpoints, support for GraalVM native images, a simplified theming mechanism, and a new SSO kit.
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JDK 20 and JDK 21: What We Know So Far
JDK 20, the third non-LTS release since JDK 17, has reached its initial release candidate phase with a final set of seven (7) new features, in the form of JEPs, that can be separated into two categories: Core Java Library and Java Specification. We examine JDK 20 and predict what features may be targeted for JDK 21.
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Improve Logic Apps (Standard) Workflows Observability with Application Insights
Microsoft recently announced the release of the Public Preview Enhancements for Logic Apps Standard in Application Insights. These enhancements provide developers with more in-depth insights into the performance and health of their standard Logic Apps, making it easier to diagnose issues and optimize performance.
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High-Performance Computing for Researchers and Students with Amazon Lightsail for Research
AWS recently announced the general availability (GA) of Amazon Lightsail for Research, a new offering designed to enable researchers and students to easily create and manage high-performance CPU or GPU research computers on the cloud.
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Road to Quarkus 3: Bets on the Flow API for Mutiny 2.0, Updates to Jakarta Namespace and More
Part of the cloud native pioneers, Quarkus reaches its third milestone not long after project Leyden seemed to restart on its path to make Java fit for the cloud. The version promises important structural changes, better performance and improved integration with third parties. InfoQ reached out to their team to find out what the users should need to know before getting started with it.