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JUnit 5 Alpha Simplifies Unit Testing
The JUnit Lambda Team has recently announced the alpha release of JUnit 5, a new major version for the popular unit testing framework. Changes in the new version are mostly focused at removing the common obstacles that JUnit 4 presented to developers, while also modifying the framework to allow for easier changes in the future. Integration with build tools and IDEs still needs some further work.
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Ember.js Team Announces 2.4 LTS, 2.5 Beta
The Ember.js team has released version of 2.4. After a six-week maturation cycle as a stable version, 2.4 will be declared Ember's first LTS release.
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Thanks to a Utility Library by Erik Bergstedt, Protobuf for .NET Just Got Easier
Erik Bergstedt’s new library simplifies working with Protocol Buffers in .NET.
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Major SSL Vulnerability Affects OpenSSL and HTTPS server traffic
It has been announced that, OpenSSL, the popular cryptography library, has two significant flaws that require patching as soon as possible. The more dangerous of the two, DROWN, affects HTTPS usage on an estimated 11.5 million servers and is not limited to systems using OpenSSL.
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"Surviving Microservices" with Richard Rodger at microXchg: Messages, Pattern Matching and Failure
At the microXchg 2016 conference, held in Berlin, Germany, Richard Rodger presented “Surviving Microservices”, a practical guide for developers wanting to keep their microservices architectures ‘healthy and performant’. Key topics discussed in the talk included the benefits of message-oriented systems, pattern matching with inter-service communication, dealing with failure, and Seneca.js.
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Rust 1.7 Brings 2x Faster Hashes and New Stable APIs
After to stabilizing libcore in version 1.6, recently announced Rust 1.7 brings improvements and stability to about 40 library functions and methods. Additionally, Rust package manager Cargo got two new features for better dependency handling.
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LambdaNative: Scheme for Mobile, Desktop, and Embedded Cross-Platform Development
LambdaNative is an open-source Scheme-based cross-platform development framework that supports a wide range of platforms, including iOS, Android, Blackberry, OS X, Linux, Windows, OpenBSD, NetBSD and OpenWrt. InfoQ has spoken with Chris Petersen, Ph.D., leader of the development team behind behind LambdaNative.
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Gartner Identifies Key Internet of Things Technologies through 2018
In a recent report, Gartner identifies the top 10 Internet of Things (IoT) technologies through 2018. Subtitled "Ten Technologies That Will Enable Organizations to Unlock the Full Potential of the IoT," the report highlights specific IoT technologies that are expected to highly impact organizations working on IoT systems.
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Phil Haack Replies to Concerns on .NET OSS
Some members and contributors have expressed concerns over the current state of open source in .NET, as covered last week. To get a deeper perspective on the situation, InfoQ reached out with Phil Haack, former program manager at Microsoft and currently engineering manager at GitHub. Phil was also the track host of “Incredible Power of an Open-Sourced .NET” at QCon.
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Apache Wicket 7.2.0 Released
The Apache Wicket PMC has released Apache Wicket 7.2.0. This release is a minor release, but does contain new features. To learn more about this release and the state of Apache Wicket, InfoQ interviewed Apache Wicket PMC member Martijn Dashorst.
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GitLab 8.5 Brings Improved Performance, Todos, and Geo-Replication
GitLab 8.5 brings a host of new features and improvements, including a significant performance boost, especially when running very large instances; Todos, a new feature aimed to help keep track of pending tasks for developers; and GitLab Geo, only available for GitLab Enterprise Edition, that supports geo-replication to improve performance for geographically distributed teams.
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Apple, FBI Testify before Congress
Apple and the FBI have appeared before the House Committee on the Judiciary Hearings to argue over the legalities of whether Apple should be compelled to create an insecure version of iOS to allow the FBI to break into a suspect's phone. InfoQ has been watching the live video stream and summarises the outcome.
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StopLight Launches Visual API Design Tools
StopLight has launched a new visual API design tool and cloud service which aims to abstract away various API description specifications into a single interface.
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Netflix, Coinbase, Fastly leaders track hosting @ QCon NY June 13-17
QCon New York planning is in full swing. QCon New York, the international software developer conference that attracts senior technical team members looking for innovator topics like immutable infrastructure, Lamba architectures, and innovations in DevOps, returns to the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge June 13-15th.
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TypeScript 1.8 Brings Module Augmentation Support
Microsoft has released TypeScript 1.8, bringing the ability to use JavaScript code within a TypeScript project, and full support for module augmentation.