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InfoQ's New Desktop Design Launched
We've made a number of changes to InfoQ's desktop site, the third major overhaul of our design since we got started in 2006. You can switch to the new design now to try it out.
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AWS Lambda Layers and Runtime API: beyond Officially Supported Runtimes
AWS re:Invent 2018 had numerous announcements of new features and services, including Lambda Layers, to centrally manage code and data shared across functions, and the Lambda Runtime API, expanding Lambda beyond JavaScript to any programming language.
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Microsoft Announces Azure Kubernetes Service Updates
Microsoft has announced multiple updates to Azure Kubernetes Service, their managed Kubernetes offering. The announcements include features around AKS virtual nodes, GPU support for Azure Container Instances, and the donation of the Virtual Kubelet project to the Cloud Native Compute Foundation.
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Microsoft Announces AI-Assisted IntelliCode for TypeScript and JavaScript in VS Code
Beyond the typical IntelliSense or code completion developers have come to appreciate, earlier this year Microsoft announced IntelliCode, a set of capabilities that provide AI-assisted development. The VS Code team has now announced a new experimental extension to bring IntelliCode to TypeScript and JavaScript users.
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Microsoft Introduces New API Management Consumption Tier for Serverless Architectures
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced a new Azure API Management Consumption tier. This tier allows for micro-based billing and aligns to serverless architecture principles including automated scaling, built-in high availability, per action billing and no infrastructure to provision or manage.
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GitHub Desktop 1.5 Simplifies Merge Conflict Resolution
The lastest version of GitHub official client app for macOS and Windows, GitHub Desktop 1.5, makes it easier to resolve merge conflicts and to create, add, or clone a repository. InfoQ has spoken with Neha Batra, GitHub Desktop engineering manager.
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Rust 1.31 Brings the First Rust 2018 Features, Non-Lexical Lifetimes and Module Improvements
Rust 1.31 is the first release that implements new features exclusive to Rust 2018 and does not guarantee source compatibility with existing code bases. Rust 2018 is a work in progress and Rust 1.31 only marks the beginning of a three year development cycle that will significantly extend the language.
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TensorSpace.js Delivers Neural Network 3D Visualization Framework
TensorSpace.js provides an open source browser-based neural network data visualization framework to complement the growing machine learning landscape by supporting pre-trained models created with TensorFlow.js, Keras, or TensorFlow.
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Amazon Announces Managed Streaming for Kafka in Public Preview
At the recent AWS re:Invent 2018 event, Amazon announced a new fully managed service that makes it easy for customers to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data. This new service is called Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka, Amazon MSK for short, and is now in public preview.
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IntelliJ IDEA 2018.3 Brings Support for the Upcoming Java 12, Spring Boot Enhancements and More
JetBrains has released the version 2018.3 of their flagship product, IntelliJ IDEA. This version brings a series of new features including support for Java 12, enhancements for Spring Boot, support for multiline TODO comments, and more.
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Azure Machine Learning Services Now Generally Available
Microsoft has announced the general availability of the Azure Machine Learning service. Azure Machine Learning automates machine learning to make it easier to build, train and deploy models. The service is generally available now, with pricing to go into effect February 1, 2019.
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First Look at Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1
Microsoft announced the release of Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1 at the Connect 2018 event. This preview highlights many changes, from the IDE's startup, to code refactoring functionality, and greater use of search functions to better navigate large source trees.
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Amazon Introduces Intelligent-Tiering for S3 Storage to Automatically Optimize Costs
Amazon introduces a new S3 Storage tier called Intelligent-Tiering which optimizes storage costs by automatically selecting the most cost-effective storage tier based on usage patterns. This new tier can help reduce costs for customers infrequently accessing their data in S3.
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Cross-Platform Mobile Toolkit "Flutter" Now Stable
At its Flutter Live conference, Google launched the first stable release of Flutter, a Dart-based mobile development platform aiming to make it possible to write apps that share a single code base across iOS and Android with a native UI. Additionally, Google has announced an experimental web-based implementation of Flutter’s runtime which aims to bring Flutter apps to standard web browsers.
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Three.js Releases 98 and 99 Improve WebGL Support
The two most recent releases of Three.js, the JavaScript 3D library providing renderers in Canvas 2D, SVG, CSS3D, and WebGL, introduce hundreds of refinements and improvements.