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TypeScript 2.0 Preview
Anders Hejlsberg returned to Microsoft's Build conference in 2016 to talk about the current state of TypeScript and preview some amazing features coming in the next few months.
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How Node Replaced Macros in Microsoft Word
Writing extensions for Word used to be handled by BASIC. Now, the language of choice is JavaScript and the platform Node.
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Npm Updates Policy on Removing Packages
Npm has issued an updated policy on what happens when a user wants to remove one of their packages from the publishing system.
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1.3 Release Brings Out-of-the-Box npm Integration to Meteor
Meteor has announced version 1.3, bringing ES2015 Modules as well as a rewritten Cordova layer.
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VS Code Improves JavaScript Editing Abilities
Microsoft's multiplatform, open source text editor VS Code has just released its March build, providing several enhancements to benefit JavaScript developers. Alongside side these welcome improvements are several additional options for customization to allow developers to more easily customize their tool.
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NPM Worm Vulnerability Disclosed
The NPM project has formally acknowledged a long-standing security vulnerability in which it is possible for malicious packages to run arbitrary code on developer's systems, leading to the first NPM created worm. With the recent problems with NPM, is it safe to use any more? InfoQ investigates.
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JHipster 3.0 Released with Microservices Support
The JHipster team has released JHipster 3.0 with new support for microservices, and with new options to generate a complete microservices architecture.
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NPM was Broken for 2.5 Hours
According to Isaac Z. Schlueter, the creator of npm, two days ago the npm registry started to report hundreds of failed builds per minute. Users worldwide could not install or build certain Node.js packages. Thousands of dependent packages were broken including Babel, Atom, Ember, React Native and many other packages depending on line-numbers. What happened?
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Node.js Available in Beta on Google App Engine, Sort Of
Google has announced that node.js is available in beta on App Engine. However, unlike the pure PAAS offerings on App Engine, the node.js functionality uses their App Engine flexible environment. This hybrid environment wraps the app up in a Docker image and manages the VMs automatically.
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Bloomberg Open-sources BuckleScript, JavaScript Backend for OCaml
Recently open-sourced BuckleScript, a JavaScript backend for OCaml, aims to bring OCaml type safe, high performance code to any JavaScript execution engine, Bloomberg say.
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Firefox Developer Edition Brings Popup Debugging
Mozilla has release Developer Edition 47 for Firefox, bringing new features to improve add-on debugging.
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WebAssembly Preview Functionality Arrives in Browsers
Browser vendors are positioning WebAssembly as the safe, native format for the web. In an important step, each vendor has released preview functionality of WebAssembly in their respective browsers.
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Meteor Brings "Pay-as-you-go" Galaxy, Ends Free Hosting
Meteor has rolled out "pay-as-you-go" Galaxy for individual developers, with stable containers and enhanced fault tolerance via high availability.
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jDays 2016 Round-Up
On 8th and 9th March, the jDays Conference was hosted in Gothenburg, Sweden, followed by an additional day of optional workshops. Currently in its third edition, jDays congregated forty speakers from several different countries, who covered a varied range of topics with a special emphasis in the Java language, methodologies and practices, and front-end technologies.
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MIT's Polaris Touts Making Web Pages 34 Percent Faster
Polaris is a new JavaScript framework that aims to shrink Web pages load time by 34% at the median. Developed by researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Harvard University, Polaris focuses on reducing latency associated to network trips.