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Using Mono to Compile C# to WebAssembly
The Mono Project is working on changes to the Mono compiler that will let C# developers target WebAssembly. A look at an early version of the software shows how easily developers can make use of this new platform.
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Swift Has Got Its Discussion Forum
The Swift team has announced the migration of several Swift mailing lists to the Swift Forums, which will be the primary discussion and communication method from now on.
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Events Should Be a First-Class Tool for Developers
We should use events much more often in software systems, Randy Shoup declared in a recent blog post about how events should be first-class citizens in systems. He believes we often underestimate the value of events as a tool. One example is that they can help us decouple parts of a system so that we can reason about them independently.
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Cleaner Stack Traces in .NET/.NET Core
Ben Adams and Anirudh Agnihotry have worked to improve the stack traces and error messages in .NET Core.
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Public Review of Java MVC 1.0 Specification is Now Open
Public review of JSR-371, Model-View-Controller (MVC) version 1.0 specification, is now open. The latest features include support for data binding and internationalization. Eclipse Ozark, a full implementation of MVC 1.0, is expected to release version 1.0 in conjunction with the final release of JSR-371. Ivar Grimstad, principal consultant for the Cybercom Group, spoke to InfoQ about MVC 1.0.
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Apple Getting Ready to Deprecate 32-Bit macOS Apps
Apple has started preparing the deprecation of 32-bit apps for macOS. The next maintenance release of macOS, High Sierra 10.13.4, will notify users when they launch 32-bit apps, while the upcoming Xcode 9.3 will include tools to make the transition to 64-bit less painful for developers.
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Google Releases Puppeteer 1.0
Puppeteer 1.0 has been released and includes dozens of improvements, including measurement of JavaScript heap and page performance, and code coverage information for JavaScript and CSS.
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AWS Lambda Now Supports .NET Core 2.0 for Serverless Applications
Amazon has announced .NET Core 2.0 support for AWS Lambda functions and serverless applications. Developers can now write code in C# using the .NET Core 2.0 for Lambda functions and serverless applications running on AWS.
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ARKit 1.5 Now Supports Vertical Surface Detection and 2D Image Recognition
Apple has announced a major upgrade of ARKit, which is available to developers with iOS 11.3 beta. According to Apple, ARKit 1.5 will allow developers to build more immersive augmented reality (AR) experiences.
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Neural Networks Trained on Images for Autonomous Vehicles Allow Drones to Navigate through Streets
A research team at the University of Zurich published a paper detailing how they got drones to fly on street-level in a safe manner. To predict the steering angles and possible collisions the researchers created a deep neural network. It produces a steering angle to navigate the drone itself, and a collision probability so the drone can recognize dangerous situations and react to them.
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Bloomberg Releases Open Source “PowerfulSeal” Kubernetes-Specific Chaos Testing Tool
At the recent KubeCon North America conference, Bloomberg presented their new open source “PowerfulSeal” tool, which enables chaos testing within Kubernetes clusters via the termination of targeted pods and underlying node infrastructure.
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Ruby 2.5.0 Overview
Following the Christmas tradition for sixth year in a row, a new major release was released on December 25th. Ruby 2.5.0 features several performance related improvements improving performance by 5-10%. On library support, standard libraries have been promoted to default gems. yield_self and testing, no more require pp lines, and others are reviewed in the article.
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The Challenge of UWP Apps in the Enterprise
The proliferation of web-based applications and mobile apps have proven to be very popular both with end-users and developers. But what about traditional Windows line-of-business applications that still require the resources of a desktop computer? A look at UWP apps on Windows 10 and whether they can meet the challenge.
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Q&A on Machine Learning and Kubernetes with David Aronchick of Google from Kubecon 2017
InfoQ caught up with David Aronchick, product manager at Google and contributor to Kubeflow about the synergy between Kubernetes and Machine Learning at Kubecon 2017.
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Microsoft Releases Azure Data Factory V2 Visual Tools in Public Preview
After releasing Microsoft Azure Data Factory v2 (ADF) in public preview in September, Microsoft has recently followed up with the announcement of a public preview of new visual tooling for the service.