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Visual Studio 2013+1 Promises New C# / VB Functionality
While Visual Studio 2013 plans to be a sizable release, one thing it will not bring is the Roslyn project's rewritten compilers for C# and Visual Basic. Mads Torgersen and Anders Hejlsberg have each shed some light on what the wait will ultimately bring.
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core.async: A Different Approach to Asynchronous Programming with Clojure and ClojureScript
While it has been less than a month since the announcement of the core.async Clojure/ClojureScript library, a number of blog posts have been published describing how to use it effectively to avoid "callback hell" in front-end code, and showing off simple code resulting in some impressive demos.
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Community-Driven Research: NoSQL Database Adoption Trends
InfoQ's research initiative continues with an 15th question about: "NoSQL Database Adoption Trends". This is a new service we hope will provide you with up-to-date & bias-free community-based insight into trends & behaviors that affect enterprise software development. Unlike traditional vendor/analyst-based research, our research is based on answers provided by YOU.
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WebLogic + Coherence + Tuxedo = Cloud Application Foundation
Oracle has released Cloud Application Foundation (CAF) 12c, an integrated middleware platform that works on both traditional data centers and cloud environments. It is a combination of WebLogic Server for Java EE, Coherence in-memory data grid, Tuxedo for C/C++/COBOL, Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder for configuration and deployment, and Oracle Traffic Director for load balancing.
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Brian LeRoux on What's New in PhoneGap 3.0
Mobile software is taking the world by storm and building mobile applications using web technology has never been easier thanks to PhoneGap, using just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for creating an app. Since those apps are based on web standards, they can be used on a variety of mobile platforms including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and more.
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QCon San Francisco Update (Nov 11-13, 2013): Tracks Announced, Registration Up 100%
Track topics have been finalized for the 7th annual QCon San Francisco (Nov 11-13, 2013). Registrations for the event - which has been completely sold out for the past three years - are up 100% compared to the same time last year. Register before Aug 2nd and save $800.
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Sasa 0.9.4 Released with New Additions, Features and Bug Fixes
Sasa 0.9.4, a collection of .NET Framework extensions has been released by Sandro Magi with several new additions, features and bug fixes.
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ReSharper 8.0 with Visual Studio 2013, IntelliSense, XAML and Blue Theme First Support
The recently released ReSharper 8.0 includes support for Visual tudio 2013, XAML, Blue Theme first, IntelliSense, multifile templates including a command line tool, CSS improvements and several bug fixes.
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Don't Tell Them its REST
Node.js has built a user-base and reputation for fast and scalable back-end systems. In a recent edition of the Nodeup podcast, four engineers share their experiences developing APIs using the platform. The conversation covers a range of key concerns including API design, security, testing, documentation, schemas and streaming. But advertising your API as RESTful may not be a good idea.
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Survey: The State of Mobile Development in Q3 2013
A recently published VisionMobile study has measured the mobile landscape: the market, developer mindshare, preferred platforms, revenue, developer motivations and others.
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GAE 1.8.2 Introduces Dedicated Memcache and Modules
Google App Engine developers can now access dedicated cache up to 20GB of memory and split the application in modules providing stateless and secure services.
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More Capabilities at a Higher Speed: WinJS 2.0
More features and faster execution speed highlight the advantages of WinJS 2.0. Developers have several new controls to choose from, and many existing controls have improved performance with more features that include better keyboard support and layout options.
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The Flexibility of Agile: Flaw or Strength?
The principle of “responding to change over following a plan”, is it a strength or a flexibility that can’t work in practice? For example, what about agile projects that had difficulties managing changes and customers who expect too much flexibility? Can agile not live up to its promises, or is it the way that teams and organizations have adopted agile that is causing the problems?
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Nokia Imaging SDK with Support for Effects, Filters, Smart Camera, Auto Enhance and RAJPEG
Nokia recently released an Imaging SDK for Windows Phone 8 with 50 pre defined effects, filters including support for smart camera, simple auto enhance, frame, RAJPEG with patented JPEG technology including the ability to enhance the speed and memory performance of mobile apps.
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Google Dart Developments: Polymer Replaces Web UI
Google Dart is going to dump Web UI, replacing it with Polymer. From the outside, the main differences are in data binding and handling events.