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ASP.NET 2.2 Preview 1 Debuts Java SignalR Client
Microsoft has begun releasing details about the new features coming in ASP.NET Core 2.2. Among these is a new Java-based client that supports SignalR, broadening the reach of this technology.
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Hazelcast Change CEO, Pledge Continued Open-Source Commitments
Hazelcast, makers of open-source developer-focused infrastructure components, including an in-memory data grid (IMDG) and a stream processing engine (Hazelcast Jet), have been through a management change. The incoming CEO, Kelly Herrell (Vyatta), has pledged Hazelcast's continued strong commitment to open source and spoke to InfoQ.
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Eclipse Releases Versions 1.4 and 2.0 of MicroProfile
The Eclipse Foundation recently released versions 1.4 and 2.0 of MicroProfile featuring relevant updates to the APIs, including comprehensive Test Compatibility Kits (TCKs), Maven coordinates, Javadocs, and Git tags. These versions are fully aligned with Java EE 7 and Java EE 8. The synergies between MicroProfile and Jakarta EE have sparked some speculation that the two platforms could merge.
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IntelliJ IDEA 2018.2 Supports Java 11, MacBook Touch Bar and More
JetBrains recently released the IntelliJ IDEA 2018.2. This version brings support for the upcoming Java 11, breakpoints intentions, MacBook Touch Bar, enhancements for Spring Boot, Scala and Docker plugin, and more.
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Uber Open Sources JVM Profiler for Tracing Distributed JVMs
Uber open sourced a distributed profiler called JVM Profiler in late June. They built JVM Profiler to solve resource allocation issues they had with Apache Spark. Apache Spark is a popular framework for processing large data streams, of which Uber has many. JVM Profiler was built for Spark, but it's applicable to any JVM-based service or application.
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QCon New York 2018: Better Developer Experience at Netflix: Polyglot and Containers
Mike McGarr, manager of developer productivity at Netflix, recently presented Better DexEx at Netflix: Polyglot and Containers at QCon New York 2018. He described how Netflix evolved from operating as a Java shop to supporting developer tools built with multiple languages. This has ultimately provided a better development experience. McGarr spoke to InfoQ about centralized teams at Netflix.
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Jib, a Java Container Image Builder from Google
Google recently announced Jib, an open-source container image builder that lets Java developers build Java containers using well-known Java tools.
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JBoss Web Server 5 with Tomcat 9 is Available
Red Hat JBoss Web Server (JWS) combines the Apache web server with the Tomcat servlet engine for building, deploying, and maintaining web applications and large-scale websites. JBoss Web Server version 5 was recently released supporting Tomcat 9 and introduces several new features and enhancements.
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NetBeans Makes Progress at Apache
NetBeans is making progress with its transition to the Apache Foundation, including a major new release.
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New Version of ByteBuddy Fully Supports Java 11
The new release of ByteBuddy, the widely-used Java bytecode engineering library, now fully supports Java 11 and all new classfile and bytecode features introduced since Java 8.
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Eclipse Foundation Releases Eclipse Photon IDE
The Eclipse Foundation has released the latest version of the Eclipse IDE. Eclipse Photon brings support for both Java 10 and Java EE 8, improvements for PHP development tools, Dark theme improvements, and more.
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Apache Releases Groovy 2.5 and Preview of Groovy 3.0
Apache recently released Groovy 2.5 featuring improvements in AST transformations and introducing support for macros. Groovy 3.0 development is also well underway with release candidates scheduled to be ready by the end of 2018. Dr. Paul King, principal software engineer at OCI and Groovy committer, spoke to InfoQ about this latest release and the upcoming release of version 3.0.
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Pivotal Releases Spring Cloud Data Flow 1.5
Pivotal has released version 1.5 of Spring Cloud Data Flow, a project for building real-time data processing pipelines. New features include improvements to the user interface, metrics, and Kubernetes along with updated Spring Cloud Stream Application Starters.
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The MicroProfile Community Influence on Jakarta EE
James Roper, senior developer and co-creator of the Lagom microservices framework at Lightbend, was recently named a committer for Eclipse MicroProfile. As the first committer to represent Lightbend, Roper shared his journey and the MicroProfile community influence on Jakarta EE. InfoQ spoke to Roper about his experiences and reached out to fellow MicroProfile committers for their input.
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Oracle Announces New Support Pricing Structure for Java
Oracle has announced a new pricing model for commercial support for Java. Considerably simpler, it seems to be of most interest to enterprise deployments.