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npm Releases Enterprise Add-ons for Security, Licensing
Npm has released Enterprise add-ons, allowing developers to directly integrate third-party tools for the first time
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D3 JavaScript Visualization Library Hits 4.0
The JavaScript visualization library D3.js has undergone a major rewrite and is now at version 4.0. The new version offers plenty of new features and bug fixes, but the biggest change is its modularity. Instead of being a single monolith, v4 is now available in discrete modules.
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Orion 12 Brings Full Support for ECMAScript 2015
The Eclipse Orion project team has released version 12, bringing full support for the ECMAScript 2015 Language Specification. Mike Rennie, Orion contributor, says the release continues to emphasise Orion's JavaScript tooling, and that along with support for ECMAScript 2015, the release includes improved project configuration capabilities, and support for eslintrc.* files.
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Microsoft Boasts Power Efficiency of Edge
Microsoft boasts that users of its Edge web browser see improved battery performance over other browsers. In addition, the new Windows 10 Anniversary Edition will bring even greater battery efficiency improvements in the browser.
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Long-awaited jQuery 3.0 Brings Slim Build
The jQuery team has unveiled the long-awaited 3.0 release, bringing a new slimmed-down option as well as major new features, improvements, and bug fixes.
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HyperDev Spins Up New Web Apps with No Effort
Fog Creek Software has released a new web-based tool to create a new web app, live on the internet, without any of the chores normally associated with creating a new app. Called HyperDev, it allows for collaborative front- and back-end development using Node.js.
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Atom 1.9 Beta Brings Better Performance, Drag and Drop Tab Layout, and More
Version 1.9 beta of GitHub’s Atom text editor has been announced, along with Atom 1.8. Atom 1.9 beta sports a completed redesign of its buffer display layers, drag and drop layout management for tabs, and an upgraded Electron.
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Google Chrome 51 Arrives with Intersection Observers, and Credential Management APIs
Google has launched Chrome 51, bringing with it intersection observers, passive event listeners and the credential management APIs -- as well as many security fixes.
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Macros Return to Visual Studio
Writing macros to automate tasks was a popular feature in older versions of Visual Studio. Since Visual Studio 2012, macros have not been available but now a new extension promises to provide macros to users of Visual Studio 2013 & 2015.
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Jibo Releases SDK Aiming to Bring Robotics into Homes
IndieGogo startup Jibo has announced an SDK for developing applications, a.k.a. skills, for its “social robot” for the home, which will target entertainment, education, and IoT integration.
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WebKit, V8, and Edge Improve JavaScript Implementations
WebKit, V8, and Microsoft Edge have each gotten a little closer to supporting the full ES2015 (ES6) spec and beyond. WebKit was the first browser engine to reach 100% on the Kangax Compatibility Table while V8 and Edge each added more features to their implementations.
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Flash Gets Sidelined in Google Chrome Proposal
Google have revealed plans to sideline Flash in their Chrome browser. In the draft proposal "HTML5 by Default" Chrome's technical program manager says "Later this year we plan to change how Chromium hints to websites about the presence of Flash Player. If a site offers an HTML5 experience, this change will make that the primary experience."
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Angular CLI Helps Spin Up Angular 2 Projects and Components
The Angular Command Line Interface (CLI) provides a number of useful commands to help Angular 2 developers quickly spin up an app. At ng-conf 2016 Mike Brocchi walked developers through the basic features of the tool and showed off some advanced routing setup.
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Angular Mobile Toolkit Tries to Make Web Apps Feel Native
A new part of Angular 2, the Angular Mobile Toolkit, brings together tools and techniques to help developers make their web apps feel more native. In a session at ng-conf 2016, Jeff Cross and Alex Rickabaugh showed how to use three of these techniques to build a "progress web app".