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  • JRebel 3.0 Release - Hotswap Reloaded

    JRebel 3.0 was released on April 16th. It targets turnaround time in Java development by removing the need for redeployment. Instead it supports advanced class reloading. The article details updating Java classes at runtime and provides an overview of the technologies used in JRebel and especially the improvements of the recently version 3.0.

  • ECMA Common Language Infrastructure 5th Edition

    The ECMA working group in charge of the Common Language Infrastructure standard has produced released a working draft of the 5th edition. The CLI represents the subset of Microsoft’s .NET platform that has been placed in the care of Ecma International. Originally known as the European Computer Manufacturers Association, Ecma International both competes with and complements ISO.

  • Mahout 0.3: Open Source Machine Learning

    The need for machine-learning techniques like clustering, collaborative filtering, and categorization has steadily increased the last decade along with the number of solutions needing quick and efficient algorithms to transform vast amounts of raw data into relevant information. Apache Mount 0.3 has been announced on March, adding more functionality, stability and performance.

  • Deceptive Simplicity: Sinatra Turns 1.0

    Since it appeared in late 2007, the lightweight Sinatra web framework has attracted enough interest that it now ranks first in Google search results for "Sinatra," above any results for Frank or Nancy. InfoQ spoke with Sinatra project founder Blake Mizerany to learn more about Sinatra and what the 1.0 release brings.

  • Toad for Oracle Has an Extension for Visual Studio 2010

    Toad is a set of database administration, development and performance optimization tools for major databases like Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, or MySQL. Quest Software has created a Visual Studio Extension for Toad for Oracle in order to benefit from VS features like code refactoring, version tracking, collaboration, unit testing or life cycle management.

  • A Packaging System for Open Source Projects on Windows

    The Common Opensource Application Publishing Platform (CoApp) is intended to be a package management system for Windows, providing support for compiling, building and deploying open source projects usually developed on other platforms like Linux, Mac OS, etc.

  • Scooter Framework; Java Made CRUD And Simple

    The Scooter framework has been inspired by the simplicity of use exhibited in ROR. The framework presents an alternative for developing Java web apps using Struts, Spring and Hibernate, with a CRUD generator and the ActiveRecord as key features. The intent of the Scooter is that XML editing and annotations are not required, and that only basic knowledge in Servlet/JSP and JDK1.4 is necessary.

  • SpringSource Acquires RabbitMQ

    VMware business unit SpringSource announced today that it had acquired Rabbit Technologies. Rabbit Technologies is the primary sponsor of the open source RabbitMQ messaging system.

  • IronRuby 1.0 Released

    IronRuby 1.0 is now available. The release is compatible with Ruby 1.8.6 and runs Rails 2.3.x. The next 1.x releases of IronRuby will target Ruby 1.9.

  • Maven, Ant, Rake: JRuby 1.5 Enhances Configuration Management

    With its upcoming 1.5 release, anticipated at the end of April, the JRuby project is continuing to improve interoperability between Java and Ruby by providing integration with Maven, Ant and Rake. Ruby developers will be able to take greater advantage of strengths of the Java platform, while Java developers will find more reasons to mix Ruby tools into their existing projects.

  • James Gosling Resigns from Oracle

    "Father of Java" James Gosling has announced that he resigned from Oracle a week ago (April 2nd).

  • InfoQ Feature Set: What Do You Want To See?

    What’s next for InfoQ? What are some of the areas we should be focusing on feature wise? We'd like to ask you where you’d like the site to go from a feature-set perspective. InfoQ is still lagging behind many of the world-class media sites out there. We may not be the New York Times, but with your help we'll have the will and the way to get there!

  • GWT Roundup: A Roadmap and Related Projects

    Some of the GWT projects currently under development are: data-backed widgets, collapsible panels, logging, form validation, sounds and graphics. Some of the GWT related projects that have been updated lately are: Smart GWT, GWT Designer, Gilead, and Raphael GWT.

  • Visual Studio Dropping Support for Itanium

    SQL Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Visual Studio 2010 will be the last major versions to support Intel’s Itanium processor. While extended support will be offered for 8 years, new investments in the Itanium should be weighed carefully against AMD’s far more popular x64 architecture.

  • New SOA-EERP Standards to Establish Service Quality, Rating and SLA

    A new set of specifications from Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) End-to-End Resource Planning (EERP) technical committee allows to specify important characteristics of services such as business quality of service, service rating and business service agreement.

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