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Microsoft Releases .NET 5.0 RC 1
Earlier this week, Microsoft released .NET 5.0 RC1, the first "go live" release of .NET 5 before its official debut in November. .NET 5 is a unified platform for the .NET ecosystem, wrapping together all of its components into one cross-platform package. The new release includes many improvements from .NET Core 3, including new language versions (C# 9 and F# 5) and support for Windows ARM64.
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NativeScript 7 Moves from ES5 to ES2017+
NativeScript 7 aligns with modern JavaScript standards by targeting es2017+. Additionally, it streamlines app configuration by consolidating it in a single file and replaces JavaScriptCore with V8 for iOS apps.
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Microsoft Announces New Technologies to Combat Disinformation
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced two new technologies to combat disinformation: a Video Authenticator tool, and technology to either detect manipulated content or assure people that the media they're viewing is authentic.
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AWS Introduces New EBS Volume io2 with Higher Durability and IOPS/GiB
AWS recently introduced a new provisioned IOPS volume type (io2) for high-performance databases and workloads that offers a durability of 99.999% and the ability to provision up to 500 IOPS for every GiB of storage.
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C++20 Is Now Final, C++23 at Starting Blocks
Originally planned for release last February, C++20 has now received the final technical approval and will be published foreseeably by the end of the year. C++20 will include modules, coroutines, and concepts among its major new features.
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WebAssembly Reference Types Implemented in wasmtime, Lets Wasm Modules Handle Complex Types
Nick Fitzgerald recently announced the implementation of the WebAssembly reference types proposal in wasmtime. With reference types, a WebAssembly runtime can handle references to complex host objects (e,g, DOM nodes) instead of only integer and floating-point values. Reference types pave the way for more WebAssembly features – interface types, garbage collection, module linking, and more.
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Web Storage APIs - Pete Lepage at Google's Web.Dev
New APIs have emerged to answer the need of a web moving from documents to applications. Pete Lepage presented at web.dev LIVE a short but thorough description of the options developers have to store and cache data on the client. The CacheStorage, StorageManager and other APIs help developers create applications with offline capabilities and performance closer to native mobile applications’.
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ML Kit Pose Detection Brings Body Movement Tracking to iOS and Android
Initially available under the ML Kit early access program, Pose Detection is now officially part of ML Kit. The library is capable of tracking the human body, including facial landmarks, hands, and feet.
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Delivering Technology through Software Engineering Leadership: Upcoming InfoQ Live Event
InfoQ Live, the interactive virtual event designed for the modern software practitioner, returns on Sept 23rd with a new topic focus: delivering technology by software engineering leadership and by empowering teams. Join world-class practitioners and deep-dive into best practices for leading tech projects, analyzing team data dynamics, and leading teams in uncertain times.
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Oracle Introduces the MySQL Database Service on Its Cloud Infrastructure
In a recent blog post, Oracle introduced the MySQL Database Service in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The service is now available as a fully-managed service running on Oracle Generation 2 Cloud Infrastructure.
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Learnings from a Project That Went from Heaven to Hell
Maja Selmer Megard, project leader and department manager at Kantega, shares her experience from a project that at first sight seemed to be a perfect fit in all regards, but ended up as the most exhausting, conflict-ridden project she has been in.
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Jotai, a New Granular State Management Library for React
Paul Henschel recently released jōtai, a new state management library for React. Jōtai claims a minimalistic API (three functions), typescript-readiness, and compatibility with React Suspense and Concurrent Mode.
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Google Cloud SQL Supports MySQL 8.0
Google Cloud has recently made MySQL 8.0 available on Cloud SQL, the managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.
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Microsoft Announces the General Availability of Azure Spring Cloud
Recently Microsoft and VMware both announced the general availability of Azure Spring Cloud, a fully-managed service for Spring Boot apps. The service allows enterprises to deploy JARs or code to it, and the service automates the process of wiring the apps to the Spring service runtime.
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VMware Tanzu Service Mesh from a Developer's Perspective
Deepa Kalani and Ramiro Salas from the VMware team spoke at SpringOne 2020 Conference last week about the service mesh product and how it helps developers with Global Namespaces to implement access control and security policies, as well as visualization tools to show application-centric metrics.