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Clojure 1.9 Brings Spec and More Language Features
As InfoQ previously reported, the most interesting new feature in the recently released Clojure 1.9 is Spec, which provides a standard and integrated system for the specification and testing of data and functions.
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OpenStack Foundation Announces New Container Project
The OpenStack Foundation announced a new container project called Kata Containers, born out of contributions from Intel’s Clear Containers and Hyper’s runV projects. The project is compatible with the Open Container Initiative (OCI) as well as Kubernetes’ Container Runtime Interface (CRI).
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Improving .NET Performance by Reducing Memory Usage
A persistent myth in .NET is that memory allocations don’t affect performance. In this report we take a look at the source of that myth and offer advice on how to reduce memory usage.
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The Hottest Tech Trends in 2018 According to GitHub
Data, workflow integration, and open source tools are among the trends that Jason Warner, GitHub senior vice-president of technology, identifies as key for company success in 2018.
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SpringOne 2017 - Day 2 - Juergen Hoeller on Spring's Mission
The SpringOne Plaform Conference Day 2 keynote was well organized and replete with surprises, including keynotes by SpringFramework lead Juergen Hoeller and Microsoft Distinguished Engineer - one of the Gang of Four - Dr. Erich Gamma, among many notable others.
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Final Android 8.1 Oreo Brings Oreo Go for Low-Memory Devices
A month after becoming available as a developer preview, Android 8.1 Oreo 8.1 has reached its final release. In addition to what InfoQ already reported, with Oreo 8.1 comes the new Android Oreo (Go edition) configuration that is specifically targeting low-memory devices.
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Microsoft Announces Public Preview of IoT Edge
During the recent Connect(); conference, Microsoft announced a new version of the IoT Gateway Software Development Kit (SDK) called IoT Edge to provide edge computing in IoT scenarios.
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5th Update to Visual Studio 2017 Expands Debugging Tools
The fifth update to Visual Studio 2017 has reached general availability and brings another batch of improvements to Microsoft's popular developer tool. Version 15.5 focuses on improvements to the debugger tools, faster C#/VB solution loading times, and expanded C++17 support.
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How Do We Automate Testing?
Test automation will demand time and attention, but when done the right way, is worth the investment. Don’t overdo automation; instead, focus on the needs and requirements. Having clean and easy-to-read code is very important to keep your test suite maintainable.
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Amazon Launches a New Message Broker Service in AWS
At the recent re:Invent 2017, Amazon launched a new service called Amazon MQ, a managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ; an open-sourced, enterprise-grade message broker compatible with most industry standard protocols.
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SpringOne 2017 Key Announcements
The second annual SpringOne Platform conference had dozens of major announcements in the areas of Spring and Pivotal CloudFoundry. In this article we cover the major announcements from the keynote address by Pivotal head of cloud research, Onsi Fakhouri.
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SpringOne 2017 Platform Conference - Day 1
The second annual SpringOne Platform Conference has kicked off in San Francisco. This is a no-nonsense event with roughly 10 parallel tracks, celebrity speakers, food, drink, and lots of technology.
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Chef Extends OpsWorks Capabilities in AWS
Chef has announced new capabilities to address application lifecycle control concerns in containers in AWS. New functionality includes Chef Automate with integrated compliance and builds on AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate announced in 2016. OpsWorks for Chef Automate provides a managed Chef server and suite of automation tools.
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.NET WebAssembly Support an Ongoing Experiment
WebAssembly now ships on by default in the four major browsers and the .NET community continues to push forward to provide .NET developers the ability to compile their to WebAssembly and run it in the browser.
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NIST Publishes Guidelines on Application Container Security
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a bulletin on application container technology and its most notable security challenges. The report is a summary of two previous bulletins outlining vulnerability areas including image, registry, orchestrator, container, host OS, and hardware, and their countermeasures.