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Microsoft Enterprise Library 6.0 Adds Semantic Logging
Microsoft has released Enterprise Library 6.0 with a Semantic Logging application block, support for Unity 3.0 and Windows Store apps, simplified usage, better documentation and overall experience.
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QCon New York 2013 in 6 Weeks (June 10-14); Top Tracks, Sessions, and Speakers
Going into its second year, QCon New York 2013 (Jun 10-14) will be the largest east coast event for senior influencers in software development. This year's conference is expected to draw over 550 attendees and will feature over 100 speakers presenting across 18 tracks. With only 6 weeks left before the event, there is still time to save $300 if you register before May 24th.
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Java 8 Delayed to 2014 by Ongoing Security Woes
Oracle Java Platform Chief Architect Mark Reinhhold has announced that Oracle has decided to delay the release schedule of Java 8.
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Two More DevOps Tool Vendors Acquired
The excitement over DevOps is continuing to increase in major corporations. Today it was announced that two DevOps tool vendors were acquired. UrbanCode was picked up by IBM while Nolio went to CA Technologies.
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Layer 7 to be Merged with SiteMinder
Layer 7 Technologies has just been acquired by CA Technologies for the purpose of augmenting CA SiteMinder with Layer 7’s API Management & Security Suite. Layer 7 specializes in adding “access, security, SLA and management features” to existing service APIs.
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Service Virtualization as an Alternative to Mocking
Mocking via dependency injection is often a messy endeavor. For even the simplest of applications it often involves creating new interfaces, taking on a dependency to an IoC Container, and in general adds a lot of unnecessary complexity. And after all that, you still have to write the mocks themselves, many of which aren’t useful for anything besides simplistic unit tests.
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Microsoft Offers Module to Scale Out Real-time Node.js Applications
A new open-source contribution from Microsoft uses the Windows Azure Service Bus to provide scale out support for real-time Node.js applications. This module, called socket.io-servicebus, connects multiple servers running the popular Socket.IO module. This contribution is yet another example of Microsoft embracing Node.js and integrating it with Microsoft products and services.
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Go Big: CA World 2013 Opening Keynote
Continuing our tradition of on the spot conference reporting, here are the raw notes from CA World 2013’s opening keynote. CA World is focused on products, techniques, and technologies in the areas of SaaS, Mobile, DevOps, and Big Data. The first keynote is led by Mike Gregoire, CA Technologies new CEO.
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Mobile Dev, Big Data Analytics Take Center Stage at IBM Impact 2013
At its annual customer conference in Las Vegas, IBM unveiled a number of new enhancements to its “MobileFirst” portfolio of products including data analytics support, mobile cloud services, cross-platform testing capabilities, as well as a series of updates to their core products to better support the mobile ecosystem.
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Tabris 1.0: Cross-platform Mobile Development in Java
After three years in development, EclipseSource has released Tabris 1.0, a cross-platform Java mobile development framework for iOS and Android.
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Meteor Introduces Tighter NPM Integration, Overhauled Package Management
The Meteor Development Group released Meteor 0.6.0 on April 4th as a major overhaul to its package management system as well as growing NPM package support.
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Vaughn Vernon on Advanced Architecture Styles with DDD
Using the Hexagonal architecture style allows for delaying decisions for architectural mechanisms and promotes using the same internal API irrespective of type of client, Vaughn Vernon explained last week when describing different architecture styles from a DDD perspective; the classical Layered Architecture and the more advanced Hexagonal and Actor Model styles.
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Netflix Gives Up Silverlight, Chooses HTML5
Netflix has announced their intent to switch their video player from Silverlight to HTML5, the first implementation of the new player being done in Chrome/Chrome OS, with Windows and Mac OS X following soon.
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Microsoft Makes Infrastructure Cloud Generally Available, Matches AWS Prices
Today, Microsoft took their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud product – called Windows Azure Infrastructure Services – out of preview and made it available to the general public. Microsoft is entering a crowded IaaS market but they’ve committed to matching cloud leader Amazon Web Services (AWS) on price while also promising enterprise-class SLAs and services.
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JSON Validation Roundup
Create any “flexible” or “extensible” file format and sooner or later a group of developers will start complaining about validation. For JSON, several options are starting to spring up.