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The First Nine Projects Proposed for EE4J
As part of the process to transition Oracle Java EE 8 and GlassFish technologies to the Eclipse Foundation, the first nine projects have been proposed to ultimately be included in the Eclipse Enterprise for Java (EE4J). Dmitry Kornilov, senior software development manager at Oracle, and Michael Milinkovich, executive director at the Eclipse Foundation, spoke to InfoQ about these new projects.
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Easing into .NET Core with the Windows Compatibility Pack
Microsoft is making it easier to migrate applications onto .NET Core and Linux with the Windows Compatibility Pack for .NET Core.
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SpringOne 2017 - Chat with Pivotal about the Conference, Spring, Reactor, WebFlux and Other Goodies
InfoQ speaks to Pieter Humphrey and Simon Basle about the SpringOne Platform 2017 conference, Project Reactor, WebFlux, and general Spring things.
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Amazon's Graph Database Neptune Supports Read Replicas, Point-in-Time Recovery and S3 Backup
Amazon's new graph NoSQL database Neptune can be used to build and run applications that work with highly connected datasets. It also supports read replicas, point-in-time recovery, continuous backup to Amazon S3, and replication across Availability Zones (AZ).
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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.