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Java News Roundup: New OpenJDK JEPs, Spring Functions Catalog, Apache Kafka, Quarkus, JReleaser
This week's Java roundup for February 26th, 2024, features news highlighting: JEP 468, Derived Record Creation (Preview); JEP 467, Markdown Documentation Comments; a new Spring Functions Catalog; end-of-life planned for the Spring Framework 6.0 and 5.3 release trains; and point releases for Apache Kafka, Quarkus and JReleaser.
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JDK 22 and JDK 23: What We Know So Far
JDK 22, the first non-LTS release since JDK 21, has reached its second release candidate phase with a final set of 12 new features, in the form of JEPs, that can be separated into four categories: Core Java Library, Java Language Specification, HotSpot and Java Tools. We examine JDK 22 and predict what features have, or could be, targeted for JDK 23.
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Data Solutions Framework: an Open Source Project for Building Data Solutions on AWS
AWS recently released the Data Solutions Framework (DSF), an opinionated open-source framework designed to accelerate the creation of data solutions on AWS. Built using the AWS CDK, the framework exposes abstractions and patterns as building blocks for constructing data solutions and is available in TypeScript (npm) and Python (PyPi).
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LLM Strategies, Platform Engineering, Observability and More: InfoQ Dev Summit Boston 2024
Join us at InfoQ Dev Summit Boston, running June 24-25, to network with your peers and experience a curated agenda with topics such as Generative AI, security, and modern web applications. The conference will feature 20+ technical talks by senior software practitioners over two days, with parallel breakout sessions emphasizing the essential topics development teams should prioritize now.
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The Guardian Creates a Newsroom Collaboration Tool Using Serverless, React and GraphQL
The Guardian created Pinboard, a discussion and asset-sharing tool integrated into a variety of content management platforms used by the company. The solution uses a range of technologies, including Typescript for coding the business logic, different serverless services for code execution, API endpoints, and GraphQL server, as well as AWS RDS (PostgreSQL) for storage.
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JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 Delivers Support for Jakarta EE 10
Red Hat released version 8.0 of the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, an open-source Jakarta EE-compliant platform, in February 2024. The latest release brings several improvements to the platform, including support for Jakarta EE 10, changes to the management console and CLI, and removal of legacy security subsystems.
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Apple Debuts Post-Quantum Cryptography Cipher PQ3 for iMessage Communication
Apple announced a new quantum-resistant encryption protocol that will be used to secure iMessage communications, PQ3 against attack scenarios known as "harvest now, decrypt later".
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Azure Elastic Storage Area Network Solution Generally Available in the Cloud
Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of its iSCSI-based Azure Elastic SAN, a fully-managed and cloud-native storage area network (SAN) offering.
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Docker Desktop 4.27 Brings Docker Init GA with Java Support, Synchronized File Shares, and More
Docker has released Docker Desktop 4.27. This version brings Docker Init GA with Java support, synchronized File Shares, support for Test Containers with Enhanced Container Isolation, Docker build cloud, Docker Debug and more.
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Booking.com Doubles Delivery Performance Using DORA Metrics and Micro Frontends
The team in Booking.com’s fintech business unit implemented a series of improvements across the backend and the frontend of its platform and was able to double the delivery performance, as measured by DORA metrics. Additionally, the Micro Frontends (MFE) pattern was used to break up the monolithic FE application into multiple decomposed apps that could be deployed separately.
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Deno 1.40 Released, Features Upcoming JavaScript’s Temporal API and Decorators
The Deno team recently released Deno 1.40. Deno 1.40 implements upcoming JavaScript’s Temporal API for advanced date and time operations; and the latest JavaScript’s decorator proposal for meta- and aspect-oriented programming.
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Baseline OpenAI End-to-End Chat Reference Architecture
Microsoft published the baseline OpenAI end-to-end chat reference architecture. This baseline contains information about components, flows and security. There are also details about performance, monitoring and deployment guidance. Microsoft also prepared the reference implementation to deploy and run the solution.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 22 RC2, Multiple Releases in the Spring Ecosystem, Payara Platform
This week's Java roundup for February 19th, 2024, features news highlighting: JDK 22 in release candidate 2, the February 2024 edition of the Payara Platform, numerous milestone and point releases in the Spring ecosystem, multiple releases of Apache Tomcat and Log4j and Gradle 8.7-RC1.
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Vue 3.4 Released, Minimizes Reactive Computations, Speeds up Template Parsing
The Vue team recently released Vue 3.4. The new release features a new template parser that claims to be twice as fast and a more efficient reactivity system that reduces unnecessary component re-renders.
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The Creators of the Atom Code Editor Open-Source Zed, Their New Rust-Based High-Performance Editor
Nathan Sobo recently open-sourced Zed, a code editor that focuses on performance, integrates AI capabilities, and supports software teams’ collaboration out of the box. For performance, Zed leverages a Rust code base, multicore- and GPU-optimized code, with a custom Rust GUI framework. For collaboration, Zed relies on CRDTs and team channels. Zed is currently Mac only.