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Groovy 3.0 Adds New Java-Like Features

Groovy 3 adds several new features similar to equivalents in Java, including the enhanced for loop, try-with-resources and lambda expressions.

Deepak Vohra
on Jan 16, 2020
Web Development

Functional UI (Framework-Free at Last)

Functional UI is a set of techniques which rely heavily on functional programming to develop user interface applications. While deceptively simple, functional UI techniques are surprisingly powerful. Functional UI directly reflects the application's specifications, allows developers to unit-test user scenarios, and UI frameworks become mere libraries. Framework-free at last!

Bruno Couriol
on Jan 15, 2020
Web Development

The Datum Data Binding Library

There has been an explosion of frameworks and libraries for making single page applications for the web. Angular, React, Vue and quite a few others have made it easier to develop on the web and helped fuel its growth as webapps have become more dynamic and interactive. Howeve,r there may still be room for other libraries and new ideas such as Datum, a new, simple data binding library.

Martin Rixham
on Jan 08, 2020
Emerging Technologies

Porting a Desktop Game Editor to the Browser with WebAssembly

Florian Rival, software engineer at Google and creator of the GDevelop game editor, discusses the lessons learnt from porting a native desktop game editor to the browser with WebAssembly. InfoQ interviewed Rival on the technical challenges encountered, the benefits derived from the port, and tips for developers thinking about porting desktop applications with WebAssembly.

Bruno Couriol Florian Rival
on Nov 09, 2019
Development

Programming Languages InfoQ Trends Report - October 2019

This article provides a summary of how the InfoQ editorial team currently sees the adoption of technology and emerging trends within the programming language space, as of Q3, 2019.

Abel Avram Arthur Casals Dylan Schiemann Charles Humble Werner Schuster Dustin Schultz Ben Evans Jonathan Allen
on Oct 01, 2019
Development

Got NIM?

This article will introduce Nim, a programming language that is said to be more elegant than Python and efficient like C. It is also easily compiled to JavaScript and utilizes user-friendly Tracebacks. Nim is one of the most under-appreciated languages available, and it may be just right for you.

Carter Pape
on Jul 18, 2019
Java

Java InfoQ Trends Report - July 2019

The InfoQ Java trend report provides an overview of technology adoption and commentary on how we see the Java and JVM-related space evolving in 2019. Key developments include the release of Java 13, the rise of non-HotSpot JVMs and the evolution of GraalVM, and the changing landscape of Java microservice frameworks.

Ben Evans Erik Costlow Dustin Schultz Charles Humble
on Jul 16, 2019
Web Development

How We Reduced Our React App’s Load Time by 60%

React handles UI updates efficiently but it does not magically make your web app faster. As our application grew in size, we started noticing some drawbacks of our setup. Although we knew how React worked and how Redux manages state, our application had bloated in size. We started seeing application crashes and jank. It was time to drive down the technical debt and make performance improvements!

Ilango Rajagopal
on Jun 06, 2019
Cloud

WebAssembly and Blazor: A Decades Old Problem Solved

A framework, named Blazor because it runs in the browser and leverages a templating system or "view engine" called Razor, enables the scenario .NET developers almost gave up on. It doesn't just allow developers to build client-side code with C#, but also allows developers to run existing .NET Standard DLLs in the browser without a plugin. Here's the story of WebAssembly and Blazor.

Jeremy Likness
on May 30, 2019
Web Development

Using TypeScript with the MySQL Database

TypeScript has emerged as a powerful environment for authoring web applications, providing significant improvements over standard JavaScript while remaining consistent with the language. In this article we'll explore in depth the details necessary to use TypeScript with Node.js, MySQL, and TypeORM to create a powerful solution for managing database access with server-side TypeScript.

Deepak Vohra
on Apr 28, 2019
Web Development

Robust Engineering: User Interfaces You Can Trust with State Machines

Industrial-strength modelling techniques used in safety-critical domains can be leveraged for the specification and implementation of user interfaces. This article explains how state machine modelling may lead to robust, testable and maintainable user interfaces.

Bruno Couriol
on Apr 21, 2019
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Refactoring - Second Edition

The book Refactoring - Second Edition by Martin Fowler explores how you can improve the design and quality of your code in small steps, without changing external behavior. It consists of around seventy detailed descriptions of refactorings, including a motivation for doing them, the mechanics, and an example.

Martin Fowler Ben Linders
on Jan 12, 2019