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Article: Beyond Foundations of F#
Since Robert Pickering published Foundations of F# in May, the language has grown significantly. Besides adding a host of new features, it is being moved from a research project to a fully supported, production-grade release. We asked Robert to discuss some of the new features in F#.
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ThoughtWorks Releases Mingle 1.1
Mingle R1.1 is out, just 3 months after after the first release, packed with new functionality driven by user feedback from the launch and beta period. In December R1.2 will be released.
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Apache to incubate its first Ruby Project: Buildr - Ruby Build System for Java Projects
Buildr is a simple and intuitive build system for Java projects. After 10 months of development and a lot of positive feedback, it will be incubated by the Apache Foundation, which will be opening its doors to its first Ruby project.
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Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPCs have their Life Extended
The initial release of the Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPCs downloaded prior to October 29, 2007 are set to expire on November 1, 2007 which is earlier than previously anticipated.
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Microsoft Releases JavaScript Compatibility Study for IE, Firefox, Opera, and Safari
Historically JavaScript compatibility has been a major problem for web developers. Variations between the official spec, the de-facto standard, and the various implementations have kept many a developer up all night. To address this, Microsoft has released a document detailing these incompatibilities in the four most popular browsers.
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RSpec Adds Eagerly-Awaited RBehave Functionality for Integration Testing
RSpec is a Behaviour-Driven Development acceptance testing framework for Ruby or Java that enables developers to turn acceptance specifications from the business into executable examples of expected behaviour. Dan North built a separate extension, RBehave, to express story-level integration tests with RSpec. David Chelimsky has now incorporated RBehave-like functionality into the RSpec trunk.
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A Comparative Clarification: Microformats vs. RDF
James Simmons posted on the Semantic Focus blog and Johannes la Poutré on the Squio blog had a web discussion on the differentiation between Microformats and RDF as they relate to the semantic web. While they both agree that RDF and Microformats are very different, they have a very different take on how that impacts their respective relevance to the semantic web.
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JNBridge releases two new JMS Adapters for Microsoft .NET and BizTalk Server
Today JNBridge, one of the leading suppliers of Java/.NET interoperability tools for software developers, announced the release of two new Java Messaging Services (JMS) Adapters for the Microsoft .NET platform.
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Who is Using Flex?
When considering new tools, decision makers in the software industry often consider the rate of adoption as a key metric in their assessment on whether or not to embrace a given tool. Adobe’s Flex framework seems to be nearing a critical point in this cycle, as a number of large companies are now using Flex to implement new features. So, who is using Flex anyway?
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Oslo: Microsoft Takes Composite Applications to the Mainstream
Microsoft unveiled this morning a vision and roadmap to simplify SOA, bridge software + services and take composite applications to the mainstream. The code name of this effort is “Oslo”.
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IDE scripting with Ruby and Eclipse Monkey
Eclipse Monkey now allows to script Eclipse with Ruby. This puts Eclipse closer to Smalltalk IDEs or Emacs, by allowing to automate tedious tasks or build simple tools right in the IDE using a familiar language.
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Debate: Why are most large-scale websites not written in Java?
Nati Shalom of GigaSpaces recently asked why most large-scale websites were written in languages other than Java. This question touched off a large debate in the Java community, and InfoQ took the opportunity to learn more about the major viewpoints surrounding this issue.
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Should you be using RELAX-NG?
10 reasons to consider using RELAX-NG in place of W3C XML Schemas as your XML schema language.
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New Code Analysis Tool FxCop Beta: 200 bug fixes, anonymous methods support
With over 200 bug fixes and performance improvements, this beta is what many FxCop users have been clamoring for. FXCop checks .NET managed code assemblies for conformance to the Microsoft .NET Framework Design Guidelines. Beyond basic library design and naming convention checks, FxCop is especially valuable in pointing out globalization, interoperability, and security issues.
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Pattie Maes on Ambient Intelligence
At OOPSLA 2007, Pattie Maes gave an interesting talk about the MIT ambient intelligence projects. One project, ReachMedia, was particularly interesting from an architectural, mashup and social networking perspective.