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ASP.NET AJAX Released: Will AJAX Finally Be Popular On ASP.NET?
According to the annual survey conducted in September by Ajaxian.com, ASP.NET developers lagged behind other AJAX-enabled implementations. With the release of ASP.NET AJAX, that is all set to change.
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Is C# becoming a functional language?
With the extensive functionality added to support LINQ, many people have been asking if C# and VB are becoming functional languages. Mads Torgersen, C# Language PM, answers this question in his article by the same name.
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YourKit Java Profiler Version 6.0 Released
YourKit released version 6 of their Java Profiler recently. Version 6 includes support for Java 6 as well as adaptive recording of object memory allocation which allows you to skip monitoring of some allocation events and thus improves performance during profiling.
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Mono-based MP3 Wins CES Best of Show
SanDisk's Sansa Connect MP3 player won the Best of Show award for MP3 Players at this years Consume Electronics Show. The device runs the Linux operating system and the application stack is all built on Mono.
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Spring IDE 2.0 coming soon
The Spring IDE is nearing release of version 2.0 and Rod Johnson has posted an update on their progress. Spring IDE is a set of plugins for Eclipse that provide a GUI for Spring's configuration files. Oracle has also released JDeveloper extensions for Spring development and a NetBeans Spring IDE is also in the works.
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OASIS WS-Transaction (almost) a standard
The OASIS WS-TX technical committee held a face-to-face meeting last week at IBM Hursely. This is likely the last such meeting prior to final standardisation of WS-Coordination, WS-AtomicTransaction and WS-BusinessActivity.
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AgileTrack: New Agile Project Tracking Toolset Released
After a year of beta testing, AgileTrack Software released AgileTrack 1.0.0 last week, a software development and project management tool that allows programmers to apply agile development techniques in their projects. Interesting features include: web services for 3rd party integration and collaboration facilities built into client for sharing team knowledge.
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JSR 291 (OSGi) passes Public Review ballot
JSR 291 (OSGi 4.1) has passed its Public Review ballot. There were two no votes, by Sun and Hani Suleiman, both arguing that that the expert group merely pointed to the OSGi spec, rather than working to define what was needed.
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Turning Java into Javascript with J2S
Interface21's Ben Alex has recently been examining Java2Javascript Pacemaker (J2S). J2S includes a Java to Javascript compiler along with support for standard Java packages such as java.lang, java.io and java.util.
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Linden Labs Help Mono Fix Leaks
The Second Life developers at Linden Labs, working in conjunction with the Mono team, have been able to fix several memory leaks in Mono, significantly improving the runtime performance and stability of the platform.
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Improving Java EE Application startup time with the WorkManager API
A new article on JavaWorld details how to improve the startup time of a Java EE application by converting startup servlets into Work Implementations handled by the WorkManager API. The WorkManager API is an API supported by multiple application servers and designed to allow parallel task execution inside of a managed environment.
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OpenXML vs ODF: Round 2
One of the most hotly debated areas in the OpenXML spec is the number of partially documented compatibility flags. But as we see, ODF isn't innocent in this area either.
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Ruby on Rails 1.2 deepens support to REST and Unicode
Tapping into advanced features of the HTTP protocol, the Rails team enhances the flexibilty and interoperability of derived apps, while providing guidance to optimal use of controllers. Combine this with proper UTF-8 support and a growing team of contributors, and Ruby on Rails is ready for 2007 and beyond.
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TeamCity 1.2 Released - Continuous Integration Server for Java and .NET
JetBrains has released version 1.2 of TeamCity, a continuous integration server which now includes a plugin for Visual Studio 2005, along with support for Visual SourceSafe.
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webMethods Joins the Interop Vendor Alliance
webMethods has announced that it has joined the Interop Vendor Alliance. webMethods will be working with Microsoft, the initiator of this collaborative effort, and other key vendors, including BEA Systems, CA, EMC, GXS, Software AG, and Sun Microsystems, to simplify integration and improve interoperability with Microsoft-based solutions.