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Parse Adds New Schema API and API Console
Parse has announced its new Schema API, which allows to programmatically manipulate the database schema used by an app, and the Parse API Console, which aims to make it easier to use Parse REST API without writing any code.
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Microsoft Recommits to Providing SSH for Windows
The third time may be the charm as Microsoft has announced intentions to produce native SSH client and server tools for the Windows platform. Using OpenSSH as a starting point, Microsoft says their goals for the new toolset includes easier system management of both Windows and Linux systems.
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SQL Server 2016: Clustered Columnstore Index Enhancements
Clustered Columnstore Indexes were one of the two headline features for SQL Server 2014. Designed for tables with over 10 million rows, they allow for good performance on analytical queries without the need to explicitly specify indexes. With SQL Server 2016, they gain the ability to support secondary indexes.
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Google Moves Dart to GitHub and Kills the Chrome Dev Editor
Google designed Dart as a better language for the web, for developers who wanted a more solid language and tools than what existed in the JavaScript ecosystem. Also, they aimed for better performance. While Dart is certainly more robust and better designed than JavaScript and it outperforms JavaScript on several benchmarks, the language has seen several setbacks.
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Meeting Regulatory Demands with Agile Software Development
InfoQ interviewed Jan van Moll about regulatory demands for software in healthcare, satisfying these demands with waterfall project or with a mix of waterfall and agile, and introducing agile in an R&D organization that needs to fulfill regulatory demands.
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Chrome 44 Beta Brings ES6 Features, Improved Notifications
Google has released Chrome 44 beta: with updates including new ES6 features and improved notification capabilities. The latest beta release for the OS brings computed property names, allowing expression for property names in object literals and class literals.
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WSO2 Announces API Cloud and App Cloud
At WSO2Con EU 2015, WSO2 has announced API Cloud and App Cloud, two complete solutions for managing APIs and respectively enterprise applications throughout their lifecycle.
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Open Sourced RyuJIT Now Default for 64-Bit .NET
RyuJIT, Microsoft's next generation 64-bit just-in-time compiler for .NET, is now the default on .NET 4.6. Those upgrading from a RyuJIT CTP to .NET 4.6 should be sure to review settings to ensure that their applications are able to run correctly.
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SQL Server 2016: Updatable, Non-Clustered Columnstore Indexes
Non-clustered Columnstore Indexes are also getting some enhancements in SQL Server 2016. The most notable of these enhancements is the ability to be updated.
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Martin Fowler on "Yagni: You Are Not Gonna Need IT" XP Practice
Martin Fowler describes yagni practice, why its is important and the costs of building presumptive features. Yagni is an acronym that stands for "You Aren't Gonna Need It". It is an Extreme Programming (XP) practice which states a programmer should not add functionality until deemed necessary.
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Managing Technical Debt Using Total Cost of Ownership
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) can be used for investment decisions and financial benefit analysis. When applied to software it covers the initial development costs and subsequent maintenance costs until phase out of a product. TCO can support architectural decisions and management of technical debt.
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Google Play Services 7.5 Adds New Capabilities, APIs, and More
At its latest Google I/O Developer Conference, Google announced the rollout of Google Play Services 7.5, which delivers new capabilities such as Smart Lock for Passwords and Instance ID; new APIs for Google Cloud Messaging and Google Cast; and supports accessing Google Maps API on Android Wear devices.
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Angular 1.4 Done, But Short of Goal
Angular 1.4 is finished and includes many new features and bug fixes. Unfortunately, the most anticipated new feature has been pushed back to version 1.5
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SQL Server 2016: In-Memory Columnstore Indexes
New for SQL Server 2016 is the ability to place a Columnstore Index on an In-Memory Table.
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Google Introduces Smart Lock for Passwords
Google has announced at I/O 2015 the Google Identity Platform, a collection of tools and APIs for managing identities and dealing with authentication and authorization across Android, iOS and web applications.