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Chef 11 is Ready for Hyperscale
Opscode released Chef 11 early this month with enhancements to its scalability to meet the demands of hyperscale web operations. Opscode rewrote the entire server core API in Erlang and at the same time kept it backward compatible. Opscode renamed the core server API "Erchef" to complement the rewrite in Erlang.
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Are Developers Introverted or Extroverted? Are They Intuitive or Logical?
A new Evans Data survey has performed an ample study meant to uncover some of the characteristics of the developer community. Are developers introverted or extroverted? Are they intuitive or logical? Do they prefer virtual or real rewards? What is most worrisome for their carrier? And many others.
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ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 with Enhancements for MVC, Azure and SignalR
Microsoft has released ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 with enhancements for ASP.NET WEb, MVC, Windows Azure authentication including support for SignalR.
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Syncfusion WinRT 2013.1 Released with 14 New Controls
Syncfusion has released WinRT 2013 volume 1 with which you can build windows store apps using guage, grid, PDF, Word, Excel including the ability to integrate reports.
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GitHub Boxen: Automating Mac OS X Configuration and Management
GitHub has open sourced Boxen used internally for automated configuration of Mac laptops, a tool that could be converted to set up Linux or Windows machines.
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Agile Developers Needed
Staffing firm Yoh Services has released the results of a study which shows that job demand for Agile development skills exceeds supply by a factor of 4 to 1 in the USA.
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Security Enhancements in Android 4.2.2
Android 4.2.2 includes security enhancements such as application verification, Always-on VPN, certificate pinning, installd hardening including few other security fixes.
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Petition to Unbundle Ask Bar from Java
Oracle's practice of bundling the Ask Toolbar into the Java installer has resulted in a petition and some heated responses.
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Meet Travis CI: Open Source Continuous Integration
The Travis CI Foundation transitioned to a brand new build system on January 30th, both simplifying and bolstering the capacity of their open source continuous integration testing solution.
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Reveal.js: A 3D Presentation Framework; Version 2.2 Released
Hakim El Hattab released version 2.2 of reveal.js on January 28th, fixing a handful of bugs and implementing a host of new features in the JavaScript 3D presentation library. Reveal.js, like other work from Hattab, leverages modern browsers to exploit CSS 3D transformations to explore depth of the browser canvas.
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ANTS Performance Profiler 8: Web request, Async code, WinRT
ANTS Performance Profiler 8 beta release provides support for Web request, Async code, Windows Store Profiling including that of SharePoint 2013. In this interview, Ben Emmett, Red Gate Software shared additional information about the new features.
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Google App Engine Adds Support for Java 7
Google App Engine introduces experimental support for Java 7, Cloud Endpoints, and Cloud Messaging Service for Android.
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Daniel Jebaraj on Succinctly ebooks
Daniel Jebaraj shares with InfoQ the idea behind the launch of Succinctly series ebook and also shared the future roadmap.
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CAST: Adding Spring Lowers the Quality of JEE Applications
A CAST report discloses that JEE enterprise software has lower quality when using Spring or Struts than using just Hibernate. Also, the quality degrades when Java is mixed with C or C++.
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Using Retrospectives for Agile Adoption
To become more flexible, durable and increase organizational effectiveness, retrospectives can be used in adopting agile. Some experiences stories and examples of how teams use retrospectives as a sustainable and adaptable solution for agile adoption, to implement continuous improvement with them.