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Build Cross Platform, Multi Device and Enterprise Ready Mobile Apps with Dxtreme Mobile
The recently released DXTREME Mobile includes libraries for building responsive touch mobile apps with 30+ Mobile HTML JavaScript based Widgets and Charts including support for Visual Studio 2012.
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Google Unleashes Their Public IaaS Cloud, Adds NoSQL Database
Google has opened the doors to its hotly anticipated Google Compute Engine and is now firmly engaged in the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) battle with the likes of Amazon and Microsoft. This week’s Google I/O conference also introduced a new fully managed NoSQL database and the addition of PHP to the Google App Engine Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).
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How a Scrum Master Can Handle Impediments with a Team
Impediments are used to discuss issues take actions when a team becomes blocked. Impediments are handled in different ways, a look at how some scrum masters do it.
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Android Studio: A New IDE from Google Based on IntelliJ IDEA
Google launches another Android IDE built on IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, sharing many features with the Eclipse-based tool.
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The Gospel of MBaaS- According to Anypresence Co-Founder (Part 2 of 2)
Part 2 of Infoq’s exclusive virtual interview with Anypresence cofounder Richard Mendis. The CMO weighs in on Facebook’s acquisition of competitor Parse and provides intel on the pricing structure of Anypresence.
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Amazon Expands Android App Distribution to 200 Countries
Amazon recently expanded its Android App distribution network to 200 countries including the launch of Amazon Coins, which can be used to purchase apps.
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Sauce Labs Appium Now Can Test Android and Firefox OS Apps
Sauce Labs has extended Appium to support automated testing for Android and Firefox OS applications. Support for iOS was introduced earlier this year.
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Visual Studio 2012.3 Go Live and First Words on V.Next
Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 has reached go-live status, bringing with it a host of important bug fixes. But the big news is confirmation of Microsoft's shift to focus on V.Next, the successor to 2012.
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Oracle to Change the Release Numbering for Java SE
"To avoid the confusion caused by renumbering releases", Oracle has announced that it is adopting a new numbering scheme for JDK 5.0, JDK 6 and JDK 7. "The next Limited Update for JDK 7 will be numbered 7u40, and the next 3 CPUs after that will be numbered 7u45, 7u51, and 7u55.”
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CloudMunch Launches a Full-Stack DevOps Platform
CloudMunch launched its full-stack DevOps platform - a dashboard of pre-integrated tools for version control, build management, validation, automated testing, deployment and cloud connectors. The company claims its platform significantly simplifies deployment of applications and infrastructure.
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Dart-Compiled Dart Compiler Compiles Dart Code in Browser
Google has relaunched try.dartlang.org, the online playground that allows users try out Dart without having to download and install the Dart SDK. Unlike its predecessor, the new version compiles Dart code to JavaScript in the browser and, as a result, also works offline. It also supports dart:html, Dart's library for HTML DOM manipulation.
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WebMatrix 3 Adds Windows Azure Integration, Remote Editing, Git and TFS Source Control Support
Microsoft WebMatrix 3 provides an ability for the developers to create and manage Windows Azure based websites including support for remote editing, Git and TFS source control.
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IBM and Microsoft push Opscode Chef
IBM and Opscode are working together to help IBM customers leverage Chef. Additionally Microsoft and Opscode have joined forces to help automate Microsoft's cloud service Azure.
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Latest Dart VM Beats JVM in DeltaBlue Benchmark
Shortly after Dart2js outperformed hand-written JavaScript, the latest Dart VM now beats JVM 7 64-bit Server, and other versions, in the DeltaBlue benchmark.
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Making Immutable Object Graphs Easier in C#
Creating a simple immutable class in C# is easy, but eventually you’ll want to create deep graphs that, for efficiencies sake, should be created via a builder. Or perhaps you want to make non-destructive updates by creating methods. Building out all these builders and methods can be quite tedious and thus error prone. Andrew L Arnott offers a solution that relies on T4 based code generators.