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Jigsaw Deferred until Java SE 9
Mark Reinhold has announced on his blog that the Java Jigsaw modularity proposal has been moved from inclusion in Java SE 8 and deferred into Java SE 9. This will allow Java SE 8 to be released on schedule in August 2013, whilst the modularity proposal can be refined with wider visibility for inclusion in August 2015's Java SE 9 release.
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Microsoft Brings Cloud Integration Services Onsite with Service Bus for Windows
This week, Microsoft released a beta of the Service Bus for Windows which has a subset of the functionality contained within the cloud-based Windows Azure Service Bus messaging engine. This is Microsoft’s first step towards delivering its rapidly-maturing cloud integration stack as a self-managed product.
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Better Tracing And Instrumentation For .NET Apps
EventSource and EventListener, introduced in .NET 4.5, provide a simple mechanism for applications to trace their events in Event Tracing for Windows (ETW). Combined with a analysis tool such as PerfView, this allows for better tracing of .NET apps.
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Scala Adding Macros to the Language
The team behind Scala is adding an experimental version of macros in the forthcoming release version 2.10. Scala macros provide an advanced form of compile-time meta-programming.
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What's Upcoming in jQuery 1.8, 1.9 and 2.0, and the Removal of IE6/7/8 Support
The jQuery Core team has recently released jQuery 1.8 Beta 1. The GA release is expected July 2012. The jQuery Core team has also laid out their plans for the next versions of jQuery, versions 1.9 and 2.0, and talks about the removal of IE6/7/8 support.
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Integrate JavaScript Tests Into Your Development Workflow
Chutzpah can run JavaScript tests from inside Visual Studio 2012. And TFS extends this by allowing you to run JavaScript Unit tests into your builds.
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ReSharper 7 Adds Windows 8 Support, New Languages
JetBrains has announced the availability of ReSharper 7 Beta. In addition to support for Visual Studio 2012, this release includes tools for Windows 8 and WinRT development, additions to the Type Hierarchy, new refactorings, and improved support for several languages, including JavaScript and ASP.Net 4.5.
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Qualcomm Gimbal: Creating Context-Aware Mobile Applications
Qualcomm Gimbal is a context awareness platform for Android and iOS enabling mobile developers to add context sensitive functionality to their applications. Basically, with Gimbal, an application will be able to push rich media notifications to a device based on user’s preferences, habits, location and time.
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Eric Lippert Reviews C# and Speculates on its Future
Project Roslyn. Asynchronous Programming. Language design philosophy. The always informative Eric Lippert has a quick talk about what C# has accomplished and its relationship to Visual Basic. He compares the philosophy of both and speculates on what might be in store for C# in the future.
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Talking WebSharper with Adam Granicz
The F#-based framework, WebSharper, was recently released as an open source project. We spoke with Adam Granicz, CEO of IntelliFactory about the transition and WebSharper’s F# to JavaScript compiler.
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Android 4.1: Open Sourced with UI, Connectivity, Services and Tools Improvements
The recently open sourced Android 4.1, aka Jelly Bean, comes with several UI, connectivity, services and SDK enhancements, including: smoother UI, better HTML5 rendering, cloud messaging, performance and debugging tools.
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With Johnson Leaving VMware, What are the Priorities for the Spring Framework?
Rod Johnson, the original creator of the Spring Framework, has announced that he will be leaving SpringSource and VMware to "pursue other interests". We spoke to him to find out more about his plans, and co-founder of the Spring Framework Project, Juergen Hoeller, to discuss VMware's priorities for Spring going forward.
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Scrum Extensions "Suspended"
Scrum extensions were officially "suspended" by Scrum.org. InfoQ covers the story and dives deeper to find answers on this short lived attempt at providing context-aware scrum practices.
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SQLite On WinRT, Metro, Windows 8 Mobile
SQLite is now supported on Windows RT, Windows 8 Metro Apps and will be supported on Windows Phone 8 for local application storage.
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IT Values Technologies Over Thought
Recently Cap Gemini's Steve Jones has written an article on how he believes that thinking about solutions to problems is less important these days than jumping on the latest hype bandwagon. Although he uses REST and Big Data as examples, he believes it goes beyond any single technology and that eventually IT will no longer belong to IT people.