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Database Lifecycle Management Guidance Updated by Microsoft
Microsoft recently updated database lifecycle management guidance page with SQL Server DLM diagram along with curated resources for SQL Server Data Tools, SQL Server Management Studio and Windows Azure SQL Database.
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Mobile Dev, Big Data Analytics Take Center Stage at IBM Impact 2013
At its annual customer conference in Las Vegas, IBM unveiled a number of new enhancements to its “MobileFirst” portfolio of products including data analytics support, mobile cloud services, cross-platform testing capabilities, as well as a series of updates to their core products to better support the mobile ecosystem.
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JavaScript Memory Analyzer in Visual Studio 2012 Identifies Leaks in Windows Store Apps
Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 includes a new JavaScript Memory Analyzer for Windows 8 which identifies potential memory leaks to enable developers to fix their apps before submission to Windows Store.
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Meteor Introduces Tighter NPM Integration, Overhauled Package Management
The Meteor Development Group released Meteor 0.6.0 on April 4th as a major overhaul to its package management system as well as growing NPM package support.
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First Look at Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 Shows Modest Updates
The first preview of the forthcoming 3rd Update to Visual Studio has been released. This release focuses primarily on bug fixes and improvements to Team Foundation Server 2012.
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More on Immutable Collections in .NET
Since we last reported on Immutable Collections in January, the API has evolved and a lot more has been revealed about the inner workings.
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Async for .NET and Silverlight 4
Microsoft has released the final version of Microsoft.Bcl.Async. This package allows developers using .NET 4, Silverlight 4, and Windows Phone 7.5 to use the async features found in C# 5 and VB 11.
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LeanSentry Adds Smart Alerts, Error Highlighting and Classic ASP Support
LeanSentry, formerly Sentinel has been updated with support for smart alerts, error highlighting, enhanced dashboard, classic ASP support in addition to several diagnostics features.
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Asynchronous Gotchas in C#
Sometimes the best way to understand pitfalls in one language is to see how another language prevents them. Tomas Petricek, author of Real-World Functional Programming, discusses seven common mistakes found in asynchronous C# code and demonstrates how F# makes them less likely to occur.
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Dart's M4 Release Stabilizes Core Libraries
The Google Dart team has released milestone 4 of its SDK. While the language had already stabilized in previous milestones, this M4 release stabilizes some core libraries. Performance has also improved. The DartVM, which runs Dart natively, is now between 160% (for the DeltaBlue benchmark) and 200% (for the Richards benchmark) faster than v8. The release also includes the faster dart2js compiler.
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A Merge Tool that Understands Functions
Codice Software, maker of Plastic SCM, has released a preview of a semantic merge tool. This tool parses your code, allowing for a more accurate merge than the line-by-line comparisons most tools use. We interviewed Pablo Santos Luaces, Principal Software Engineer of Codice Software.
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IntelliJ IDEA 12.1 Lands with JavaFX 2.0 Support
JetBrains has begun shipping IntelliJ IDEA 12.1 which sees the IDE gaining full support for JavaFX 2.0, the latest incarnation of the Java client platform. Version 12.1 of popular IDE also includes new features for Gradle, Scala, Groovy and Play Framework users.
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Google Releases Mirror API for Glass
Google has released the Mirror API for writing Glassware applications and the final specification for Glass devices.
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Microsoft Makes Infrastructure Cloud Generally Available, Matches AWS Prices
Today, Microsoft took their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud product – called Windows Azure Infrastructure Services – out of preview and made it available to the general public. Microsoft is entering a crowded IaaS market but they’ve committed to matching cloud leader Amazon Web Services (AWS) on price while also promising enterprise-class SLAs and services.
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Windows Azure Adds Active Directory, New Backup Service, Monitoring and Log Improvements
Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Azure Active Directory, new backup service with support for incremental backups including several monitoring and log improvements.