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Building a Scalable Minimum Viable Product
Scalability should be considered when developing a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). An MVP needs to be technically scalable and you need to have a plan on how to scale quickly when your MVP attracts many users and becomes successful. Knowing your possible performance bottlenecks and using common sense while developing your MVP will get you very far, says Erik Duindam, CTO at Unboxd.
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Kubernetes 1.4 Simplifies Cluster Deployment, Improves Security and Federation
Kubernetes 1.4 has been released this week with new features that improve Dev and Ops experience, simplify cluster deployment, certificate handling, networking, security, and application deployment. Additionally, the release expands cluster federation capabilities, improving deployment across multiple clusters and multiple clouds.
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TypeScript 2.0 Released
Microsoft has released TypeScript 2.0, with Simplified Declaration File Acquisition, Non-nullable Types and Readonly modifiers. The release delivers close ECMAScript spec alignment, wide support for JavaScript libraries and tools, and a language service that powers a first class editing experience in all major editors.
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JavaOne 2016: IBM’s Keynote – Accelerating Innovation with Java
IBM had many innovative news to share this year at their keynote at Java One. InfoQ was there to cover their keynote.
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Onion Creates a $5 Linux Computer with Wi-Fi, Designed for IoT Applications
Onion.io has produced a $5 tiny Linux computer that's designed for Internet of Things applications. Onion calls the Omega2 the "World's smallest Linux server, with Wi-Fi built-in." The device has a 580 MHz CPU, 64MB of RAM, 16MB of flash storage, an integrated IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi, and supports programming in widely used languages like C, Python, Javascript, PHP, and Node.JS.
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Reviewing Key Concepts in .Net Core and .Net Standard
Choosing compilation targets was a relatively straightforward operation prior to .Net Core. Developers now face several possibilities and choosing a target is not so obvious anymore. To understand the big picture in .Net Core, the key concepts are: target framework monikers and .Net Standard.
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Aurelia's Rob Eisenberg Joins Microsoft
Rob Eisenberg, the creator of Aurelia, the alternative JavaScript framework, has taken a job with Microsoft leaving some in the community to wonder how well supported Aurelia will be in the future. Members of the Aurelia team have said that there should not be a big change.
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First Release of Project Bletchley on Microsoft Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service
Microsoft announced the first release of Project Bletchley, which is Microsoft's approach to building a cloud-based enterprise consortium blockchain ecosystem. This first release is primarily focused on a questionnaire based automated deployment along with roadmap details for the Cryptlet middleware tier.
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MicroProfile Group Holds Discussion Panel Event during JavaOne
On 22nd September, the MicroProfile group held a panel event in San Francisco to discuss the current and future situation. Albeit not being part of JavaOne, the fact that it coincided in time and city made it easy for conference-goers to attend. The panel included representatives from RedHat, Payara, SouJava, Tomitribe, IBM, and the LJC, and speculated about the shape of future Java development.
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How GitHub Designed its New Load Balancer
GitHub has been at work for the last year to develop a new load balancer, the GitHub Load Balancer (GLB), aimed to be able to scale to billions of connections per day running on commodity hardware. GitHub engineers Joe Williams and Theo Julienne explain how GLB was designed.
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JavaOne 2016 - Day 2 "Thinking in Parallel"
InfoQ attends"Thinking in Parallel" session at JavaOne 2016,
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JavaOne 2016 - Day 1 Highlights
Day 1 of JavaOne 2016 topics: learning about Java 8&9 features, Docker for Java developers, and development tools for Java EE 8. InfoQ highlights a few of the day's interesting sessions.
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Node.js v7 Beta Brings Canary in a Gold Mine
The Node.js Foundation has released the v7 beta for Node.js. Its release coincides with v6 becoming the foundation's second LTS release, where its life will continue under Active LTS and Maintenance until April 2019.
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Ceylon 1.3 Adds Support for Building Android Apps and More
Ceylon, RedHat’s strongly statically typed language for the JVM, has reached version 1.3. Released one year after version 1.2, Ceylon 1.3 is a major release bringing Android support, npm integration, and a plugin for IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio, in addition to new language features and improvements.
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Gradle Releases Version 3.0 of Their Polyglot Build Tool
Gradle announced a milestone version 3.0 release of their polyglot build tool that offers Gradle Cloud Services, an improved Gradle Daemon, improved IDE support, and initial support for Java 9.