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Microsoft Delivers Visual Studio Express for the Windows Desktop and F#
Microsoft released two new editions of its free Visual Studio Express 2012 series that will target F# and traditional Windows desktop applications. This enables developers using C#, C++, F#, and Visual Basic .NET to take advantage of VS2012's improvements.
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Ex Sun Developers Bring WORA Java Support to Android, iOS, and Other Mobile Platforms
Founded in 2012 Israeli start-up Codename One is producing a new Java SDK that allows Java developers to write native applications that support a number of mobile device platforms including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone from a single code-base.
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Oracle and Apple Struggle to Deal with Java Security Issues
Java has been in the news a lot recently thanks to a rather messy response to a high profile Java security issue, CVE-2012-4681, and a related set of vulnerabilities which target the Java browser plug-in.
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WMF 3.0 RTM Including PowerShell 3.0 Now Available
Windows Management Framework 3.0 features PowerShell 3.0, the command-line scripting tool for system administrators. Also included are updates to WMI, WinRM, and a new OData IIS extension.
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FriendlyUrls – For ASP.NET WebForms
FriendlyUrls is a new ASP.NET feature that allows developers to easily use pretty urls in their web forms applications. It also makes it easier to manage both Mobile and Desktop views in the same project, similar to MVC. Scott Hanselman explains more.
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Entity Framework 6.0: Async, IQueryable Operators and Feature Improvements
According to Microsoft, Entity Framework 6.0 will provide support for async and can be implemented either using SaveChangesAsync() or ExecuteSqlCommandAsync() methods. Entity Framework 6.0 will also enable developers to perform async operations on IQueryable (IQueryable<T>) operator and can be implemented using FindAsync() and SingleAsync() extension methods.
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Entity Framework 5.0: Spatial Data Types, Performance Enhancements, Database Improvements
Entity Framework 5.0 provides support for spatial data types and can be implemented using DbGeography and DbGeometry classes. It also introduces automatic compilation of LINQ to Entities queries by translating inline LINQ queries in a cached mode. Hence, developers need not have to make use of CompiledQuery.Compile method as in previous versions.
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HTML5 Boilerplate 4: Improved Apache Configuration, IR Technique and Use of MIT License
HTML5 Boilerplate (H5BP) provides a starting template for HTML5 and CSS development. It contains a set of best practices for front-end web development, including recommended web server settings. New in H5BP 4 are improved Apache compression configuration, HiDPI media query, MIT license, console.log protection and new image replacement (IR) technique.
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.NET Deadlock Detection with PostSharp
SharpCrafters, makers of the AOP framework PostSharp, have developed a drop-in deadlock detection toolkit. This toolkit works with most standard locking primitives such as Mutex, Monitor, and ReaderWriterLock with only a single line of code added to the project.
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Pair Programming Gets Mainstream Coverage, Lukewarm Response
The Wall Street Journal has begun to take notice of the growing number of technology companies that have been practicing Pair Programming and has published their take on the practice in an article titled Computer Programmers Learn Tough Lesson in Sharing.
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Oracle Dropping Cloud Support from Java EE 7 Plans
In a move that is becoming rather familiar, Oracle has announced that it is looking to reduce the scope of Java EE 7 in order to keep development on track, by deferring PaaS and multi-tenancy support to Java EE 8.
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Embarcadero Updates Delphi and C++ Builder, Launches HTML5 Builder
Embarcadero Technologies launched a major overhaul of its development tools line that includes RAD Studio XE3, Delphi XE3 and C++Builder XE3. The company also launched HTML5 Builder for Mobile and Web app developers. InfoQ spoke with John Thomas, Director of Product Management at Embarcadero.
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QConSF: Facebook, Pinterest, Ancestry.com Case Studies; Tales from Silicon Valley; Nov 5 - 9, 2012
75% of the sessions are now up on the QConSF conference site and over 80% of speakers have been confirmed, including keynote speaker Kevlin Henney, patterns book author and editor of “97 Things Every Programmer Should Know”. QConSF will take place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco on November 5 - 9, 2012. Save up to $350 if you register by Sept 14th.
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JBoss Developer Framework: A Documentation Hub For JBoss Technologies
JBoss Developer Framework is a central documentation resource for JBoss related technologies. The emphasis is on showing a developer how to use the whole software stack at all layers (e.g. user interface and persistence layer) in a single place. It contains Maven quickstarts, tutorials, migration documentation and other resources related to web development for the JBoss Application Server.
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Community-Driven Research: JavaScript MVC Frameworks vs. Compile to JavaScript Languages
InfoQ's research initiative continues with a 45th question: "JavaScript MVC Frameworks vs. Compile to JavaScript Languages". 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.