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NPM Worm Vulnerability Disclosed
The NPM project has formally acknowledged a long-standing security vulnerability in which it is possible for malicious packages to run arbitrary code on developer's systems, leading to the first NPM created worm. With the recent problems with NPM, is it safe to use any more? InfoQ investigates.
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JHipster 3.0 Released with Microservices Support
The JHipster team has released JHipster 3.0 with new support for microservices, and with new options to generate a complete microservices architecture.
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Apache Flink 1.0.0 is Released
InfoQ's Rags Srinivas caught up with Stephan Ewen, a project committer for Apache Flink about the 1.0.0 Release and the roadmap
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NPM was Broken for 2.5 Hours
According to Isaac Z. Schlueter, the creator of npm, two days ago the npm registry started to report hundreds of failed builds per minute. Users worldwide could not install or build certain Node.js packages. Thousands of dependent packages were broken including Babel, Atom, Ember, React Native and many other packages depending on line-numbers. What happened?
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CLion 2016.1 Adds Python, Swift, Improves C++ Support
JetBrains has announced version 2016.1 of CLion, its cross-platform IDE that targets both Linux and OS X. The new version adds many improvements to C++ support, code generation, Python and Swift support, and better Git integration.
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Universal Windows Platform - Walled Garden vs Open System
Epic Games cofounder Tim Sweeney has created a furor over the state of Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform and whether it threatens the historical open nature of the Windows PC.
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Giving Up on TDD
This post summarizes the experience of a university professor who gave up on TDD and Uncle Bob’s rebuttal of his arguments.
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Node.js Available in Beta on Google App Engine, Sort Of
Google has announced that node.js is available in beta on App Engine. However, unlike the pure PAAS offerings on App Engine, the node.js functionality uses their App Engine flexible environment. This hybrid environment wraps the app up in a Docker image and manages the VMs automatically.
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BBC micro:bit Enables a Million UK Children to Start Coding
Starting today, close to one million students in the United Kingdom will begin receiving the BBC micro:bit, a highly flexible, programmable embedded device that was created with the objective of "helping this generation to be the coders, programmers and digital pioneers of the future," according to Tony Hall, BBC's Director-General.
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Bloomberg Open-sources BuckleScript, JavaScript Backend for OCaml
Recently open-sourced BuckleScript, a JavaScript backend for OCaml, aims to bring OCaml type safe, high performance code to any JavaScript execution engine, Bloomberg say.
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Firefox Developer Edition Brings Popup Debugging
Mozilla has release Developer Edition 47 for Firefox, bringing new features to improve add-on debugging.
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Apple and FBI Court Appearance Postponed
The court appearance between Apple and the FBI, originally scheduled for later today, has been postponed a week until after Easter, following a request from the FBI to defer.
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JEP 286 Survey Results for Local Variable Type Inference
Brian Goetz has published the results of the local variable type inference survey and the results point to enthusiasm for adopting the feature. InfoQ looks at the results.
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Apple Releases Swift 2.2 for OSX and Linux
Today Apple released Swift 2.2 as part of Xcode 7.3 for OSX, along with official binaries for Swift 2.2 for Linux. InfoQ looks at what's new and what having a production release of the runtime will have for Linux on the Server.
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Apple Fixes Security Flaw in iOS 9.3
Today, Apple released iOS 9.3 at a special event held at Apple's headquarters which fixed a number of security bugs with the mobile OS, including several with remote code execution and an iMessage encryption bug. InfoQ investigates.