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Strongloop Node: the First Enterprise-Ready Node.js Distribution
Strongloop, the company that employs a few of Node.js' core contributors, has announced Strongloop Node 1.0 GA, the first version of its commercially supported distribution of Node.js intended for enterprise use. The distribution is based on Node.js v0.10.7 and includes some popular npm modules, including Express, Connect, Passport and others.
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NuoDB 1.1 Targets .NET Developers
NuoDB 1.1 includes a ADO.NET driver, LINQ and EF providers, support for Windows 64-bit and Azure, performance improvements.
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ODataUriParser Now Supports $select and $expand
The ODataUriParser, part of WCF Data Services, can now parse $select and $expand expressions and produce matching abstract syntax trees.
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Zend Developer Pulse 2013 Survey Emphasises on HTML5, Geolocation and Amazon Web Services
Zend, the company which builds PHP platform has released the results of its annual Developer Pulse 2013 survey and it indicates the growth of HTML5, native apps, Objective C, Java, Geo-location support, Amazon Web Services including general work habits of developers.
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Extended WPF Toolkit v2 Community Edition Adds AvalonDock Control, New Features and Improvements
Extended WPF Toolkit Toolkit v2.0.0 community edition includes enhanced features, 67 improvements, bug fixes, new Windows 8 theme in addition to AvalonDock, WindowContainer and WindowControl control.
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What Are The Drawbacks Of REST?
A recent posting on a REST Architects list has prompted Ganesh Prasad to outline some problems that he sees with REST (over HTTP) in terms of more dynamic peer-to-peer environments and how they could be addressed. He suggests some lessons could be learned from Web Services and mentions an Internet Draft specification which he has been working on.
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Synchronized jQuery 1.10 and 2.0.1 Releases
jQuery 1.10 and 2.0.1 has been released. The primary goal of this release is to synchronize the features of the 1.x and 2.x lines. The jQuery 2.x line has the same API as the 1.x line, but does not support Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8. If you are planning to upgrade and you currently using jQuery 1.8 and below, please make sure you read the jQuery 1.9 Upgrade Guide due to major changes to the API.
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Use Web Components Today With Google's Polymer
At Google I/O last week, Google launched Polymer, a new library to build web applications using Web Components, the new HTML5 standard to build reusable components for the web. Polymer provides polyfills for many of the Web Components technologies, enabling developers to create their own reusable components before all browser support them.
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Improving Collaboration of Testers and Developers in Agile Teams
Collaboration between agile team members, like developers and testers, helps to make teams successful. What can scrum masters do to help testers and developers to work together in agile teams, and improve collaboration?
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Zend Framework 2.2.0 Released with Feature Enhancements, New Plugin and Module Managers
Zend Framework 2.2.0 includes several usability enhancements and improvements in addition to new plugin and module managers.
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Debate: Do We Need a Universal Web Bytecode?
Is a universal web bytecode worth the trouble creating it? Is LLVM the solution? Which is better at running native code in the browser: Mozilla asm.js or Google PNaCl? This article contains opinions expressed on the web on these issues.
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Chart for Windows Phone Q1 2013 SP1 with Multiple Axes, Axis Alignment, Annotations and Empty Values
Telerik recently released updates for Chart for Windows Phone Q1 2013 SP1 with support for multiple axes, axis alignment, annotations and empty values including the ability to display dates using Calendar control in additional languages.
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Spring adds HATEOAS Support to REST Based Web Services
The Spring Framework is currently in progress of adding HATEOAS, Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State, support to REST web services. Primary focus for the library is to provide an API for simplifying the creation of hypermedia links and assembling of REST resource representations.
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Concurrent Releases Pattern, a Machine Learning DSL for Hadoop
Concurrent, Inc., the enterprise Big Data application platform company, today announced Pattern, a machine learning based on an industry standard called PMML which allows analytics frameworks such as SAS, R, Microstrategy, Oracle, etc., to export predictive models and run them on Hadoop clusters
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High-Volume / Scalable Architectures with vert.x - interview with Eberhard Wolff
Last year, vert.x was introduced - a runtime similar to Node.js but realized within the Java virtual machine. In contrast to Node.js, vert.x follows a true polyglot approach and allows developers to build their systems with JavaScript, Groovy, Java, and other languages.