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JavaScript Now First Among Equals on GNOME
The GNOME desktop environment popular on Linux-based systems is making JavaScript its primary language for application development. While other languages will be supported, JavaScript will receive the most support. This controversial decision has sparked debate over the merits of the selection.
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Chris Eargle Talks on Better Application Management
In an exclusive interview with InfoQ, Chris Eargle, Telerik Technical Evangelist shares his views about how productivity can be enhanced by following few tips in day to day programming tasks.
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One Less Browser Engine: Opera Switches to WebKit
Opera will release new versions of their browser for mobile and desktop based on WebKit. They are also going to integrate Chromium.
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Mono Roundup: iOS, Mobile Profile, and Concurrent GC
It’s been pretty quiet on the Mono front, but a few interesting things have been announced. The most notable is the adoption of .NET 4.5 for the mobile profiles and the introduction of a concurrent GC to Mono’s SGen garbage collector.
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Visual Studio Unit Testing Enhancements for Windows Store and Windows Phone
Microsoft recently released an update to Visual Studio 2012 with support for windows phone unit testing and improvements to Windows Store unit testing.
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Windows Apps on Android, Android on BlackBerry, and an Ubuntu Phone
February has brought a lot of news to the mobile developer community. We’ve seen BlackBerry running Android apps, Android devices running Windows applications, and the announcement of a release date for an Ubuntu based phone.
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Improved Group Development with VS2012.2
There is more to VS2012.2 than just Git support. Both Visual Studio and TFS will receive some usability improvements to the everyday quality-of-life for developers.
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Java Time API Now In Java 8
ThreeTen, the reference implementation of JSR 310 Date and Time API, is now included in JDK 8 build 75. The Java Time API for JDK 8 is under the package java.time, moving away from the javax.time package of earlier implementations. All the Java Time classes are immutable and thread-safe, based on the ISO 8601 calendar system, the de facto world calendar following the proleptic Gregorian rules.
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The Netflix API Optimization Story
The Netflix API optimization story is an interesting journey from a generic one-size-fits-all static REST API architecture to a more dynamic architecture that lends power to the client team to define and deploy their custom service endpoints. InfoQ spoke to Ben Christensen regarding this client adapter layer as well as the services layer redesign.
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Kaspersky Labs Uncover Java Exploit in the Red October Malware
The investigating agency Kaspersky Labs uncovered in mid January that the Red October attackers used the Rhino exploit in Java as an additional delivery vector.
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Windows Phone 7.8 SDK Update Released
Microsoft has released Windows Phone SDK Update for 7.8 with two new emulator images for 256 MB and 512 MB Windows Phone devices.
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QCon London 2013 in 3 Weeks (March 6-8); Top Tracks, Sessions, and Speakers
Going into its seventh year, QCon London 2013 (Mar 6-8) is the largest event in the UK for senior influencers in software development. This year's conference is expected to draw over 1,200 attendees and will feature over 100 speakers presenting across 20 tracks. With only 3 weeks left before the event, there is still time to save £216 if you register before Feb 8th.
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10gen: MongoDB’s Fault Tolerance Is Not Broken
A Cornell University professor claims MongoDB’s fault tolerance system is “broken by design”. 10gen responds through its Technical Director, rejecting the claims.
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First Hudson Release from Eclipse
With the first release of Eclipse Hudson since the public fork with Jenkins, what has changed with the release and why has it taken so long? InfoQ reached out to Winston Prakash, the Eclipse Hudson lead, to find out.
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InfoQ Speaks to Guillaume Laforge about the Recent Groovy 2.1 Release
Last week SpringSource announced the release of Groovy 2.1. InfoQ spoke to Guillaume Laforge, Head of Groovy Development at SpringSource, about the release and about Groovy in general.