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GitHub Introduces Multiple Commit Authors
GitHub has started supporting multiple commit authors. The new feature is meant to improve collaboration from several developers on the same commits or pulls requests and ensures every author gets attribution of their commits in their profile contributions graph and the repository’s statistics.
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Electric Cloud Enhances Platform With Additional Mainframe and Microservices Capabilities
New ElectricFlow DevOps Automation support for mainframe includes native automation capabilities both pre- and post-deployment and pipeline governance and security. A new native microservices model allows microservices to be treated as first-level objects so that they can be modeled independently of applications and environments.
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jQuery 3.3.1 out, Team Preps for 4.0
jQuery 3.3.1 has been released, which includes a new feature and several deprecations. The deprecations are in preparation for jQuery 4.0. While there isn't much new information on jQuery 4.0, it will include a complete rewrite.
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Codefresh Releases CLI for Kubernetes
Codefresh has released a Command Line Interface (CLI) allowing users to operate Codefresh remotely and access the Codefresh API from inside Docker pipelines.
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Oracle to End Free Support for Past Java Versions Much Sooner
Oracle's new support roadmap appears to have significantly curtailed the length of time that free updates to each new version of Java will be offered.
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Using Mono to Compile C# to WebAssembly
The Mono Project is working on changes to the Mono compiler that will let C# developers target WebAssembly. A look at an early version of the software shows how easily developers can make use of this new platform.
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Swift Has Got Its Discussion Forum
The Swift team has announced the migration of several Swift mailing lists to the Swift Forums, which will be the primary discussion and communication method from now on.
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Events Should Be a First-Class Tool for Developers
We should use events much more often in software systems, Randy Shoup declared in a recent blog post about how events should be first-class citizens in systems. He believes we often underestimate the value of events as a tool. One example is that they can help us decouple parts of a system so that we can reason about them independently.
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How MakeMyTrip Monitors Its Large-Scale E-Commerce Website
MakeMyTrip, an online travel company, talks about their monitoring philosophy and setup in a series of articles. The hybrid infrastructure is monitored across the stack by mostly open source tools.
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Cleaner Stack Traces in .NET/.NET Core
Ben Adams and Anirudh Agnihotry have worked to improve the stack traces and error messages in .NET Core.
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Public Review of Java MVC 1.0 Specification is Now Open
Public review of JSR-371, Model-View-Controller (MVC) version 1.0 specification, is now open. The latest features include support for data binding and internationalization. Eclipse Ozark, a full implementation of MVC 1.0, is expected to release version 1.0 in conjunction with the final release of JSR-371. Ivar Grimstad, principal consultant for the Cybercom Group, spoke to InfoQ about MVC 1.0.
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Apple Getting Ready to Deprecate 32-Bit macOS Apps
Apple has started preparing the deprecation of 32-bit apps for macOS. The next maintenance release of macOS, High Sierra 10.13.4, will notify users when they launch 32-bit apps, while the upcoming Xcode 9.3 will include tools to make the transition to 64-bit less painful for developers.
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Google Releases Puppeteer 1.0
Puppeteer 1.0 has been released and includes dozens of improvements, including measurement of JavaScript heap and page performance, and code coverage information for JavaScript and CSS.
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AWS Lambda Now Supports .NET Core 2.0 for Serverless Applications
Amazon has announced .NET Core 2.0 support for AWS Lambda functions and serverless applications. Developers can now write code in C# using the .NET Core 2.0 for Lambda functions and serverless applications running on AWS.
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ARKit 1.5 Now Supports Vertical Surface Detection and 2D Image Recognition
Apple has announced a major upgrade of ARKit, which is available to developers with iOS 11.3 beta. According to Apple, ARKit 1.5 will allow developers to build more immersive augmented reality (AR) experiences.