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Swift 4 is Officially Available: What's New
Swift’s latest major release contains many changes and updates to the language and the standard library, most notably new String features, extended collections, archival and serialization, and more.
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Q&A with Michael Coté on Devops Adoption and His Talk at DevOpsDays NZ
Raf Gemmail talks to Pivotal’s Michael Coté about obstacles to DevOps adoption and his forthcoming talk at DevOpsDays NZ 2017.
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TensorFlow Serving 1.0 Release Detailed at Google I/O
Google's Noah Fiedel details new programming model for TensorFlow Serving in a stable 1.0 release. Subject matter addresses common challenges with portability, servablility, and reproducibility improvements.
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First NetBeans Code Drop Lands at Apache
Oracle has released the first of three NetBeans code drops to the Apache Incubator.
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Spotify and Google Release Forseti GCP Security Tools
Google has opened up Forseti Security, a set open source tools for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) security, to all GCP users. The project is the result of a collaborative effort from both Spotify and Google, combining what was originally separate work together into a single toolkit. It aims to automate security processes for developers in order for them to develop more freely.
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String Interpolation in Entity Framework Raises Concerns
One of the new features in Entity Framework Core 2 is the ability to automatically convert interpolated strings into parameterized SQL. Though designed to avoid problems with poorly written SQL, it is feared that it may actually lead to more SQL injection attacks.
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Long Awaited Java 9.0 Releasing This Week
The long awaited Java SE 9.0 is releasing on September 21, 2017, and with it come some major changes, notably Java Platform Modules.
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Microsoft Announces General Availability of Azure App Service on Linux and Web App for Containers
Microsoft recently announced the availability of Azure App Service running on Linux and support for Web App for Containers. When provisioning web apps, developers now have the ability to choose an underlying Operating System of Windows or Linux. They also have the ability to ingest containerized applications from popular container repositories.
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Oracle Chooses Eclipse Foundation as New Home for Java EE
Oracle has announced that they have chosen the Eclipse Foundation as the new custodians of Java EE technologies. The move has been welcomed by Red Hat, IBM and others in the community. It is uncertain if after this move the platform can retain its current name of Java EE.
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Oath for Programmers
Our society demands a commitment to professional behavior; we need an oath for programmers as lives and fortunes depend upon the proper construction and execution of software, argues Robert Martin. According to him, this will have to be enforced by membership in an professional association.
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Eclipse Foundation Renews the Eclipse Public License
The Eclipse Foundation has released a new version of their license, the Eclipse Public License (or EPLv2 for short). The EPL was changed mainly to make it compatible with GPL and easier to use outside the USA, while keeping compliance with the Open Source Initiative guidelines.
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Fable 1.2 Announced along with First FableConf
Three months after its first stable release, community-driven F# to JavaScript compiler Fable has reached version 1.2, just in time for FableConf 2017, the first conference dedicated to web development in F# using Fable.
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GitHub and Facebook Team up with Atom-IDE
GitHub and Facebook have teamed up to release Atom-IDE, a collection of packages meant to make the Atom text editor more full featured. Much of the work is taken from Facebook's Nuclide project. However, the license and the velocity of competitors makes Atom's future unclear.
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How Personality Matters in Software Development
Leaders have to orchestrate diverse contributions from individuals with different personalities to build great teams. Team members might decide to act out of character and engage in behaviour outside their comfort zone to advance the team goal. To reduce the risk of burning out or compromising physical health, there should be restorative niches in which they can be their natural selves again.
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Apple’s iPhone X Has Custom Neural Engine Processor Built In
Speaking in the Steve Jobs Theatre at Apple Park yesterday Philip Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, described some of the technology behind the facial recognition system in the newly announced iPhone X including a dedicated neural engine built into the A11 chip.