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SharePoint Development Improves in Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio 2010 will support tighter integration with the SharePoint development process. The focus of the tooling is to automate tedious tasks, enhance the debugging experience, and provide a GUI surface for visually exploring deployment and feature packaging.
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Rails 2.2 Released: A Glance at New Features
After two release candidates, Rails 2.2 has been released. We take a look at some of the major new features and improvements.
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Debunking Common Myths About ColdFusion
ColdFusion has been around for quite some time — since 1995 — and like any technology with a bit of age behind it, quite a few misconceptions exist about the platform and its capabilities. This contributed article addresses some of the common myths around CF.
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Smooth HTTP Caching With Rack::Cache
The ways to cache a web application are numerous and often complex. Apart from the very basic page caching, Rails 2.2 introduced conditional GET through the use of HTTP headers: last_modified and etag. Following most of the internet standard caching section of RFC2616, Ryan Tomayko released Rack::Cache.
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Merb Roundup: Merb 1.0, EngineYard Will Offer Merb Support
Merb 1.0 has been released. Some last minute changes included improved JRuby and Windows support (action arguments support under JRuby). Also: EngineYard announced support for Merb.
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JackBe Offers Free Developer Edition of Presto Mashup Platform
JackBe, an enterprise mashup software provider, announced last week the availability of free Developer Edition of Presto Enterprise Mashup Platform. This is a community version of Presto Enterprise Mashup software which can be used to create and publish the mashup components. The product suite also includes a Mashup Server, An Eclipse-based Mashup Studio IDE and Mashup Composers.
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Restlet 1.1.0: Improved Flexibility and Specification Support
Restlet 1.1.0 has been released with a number of improvements, including support for the JAX-RS RESTful web-services specification, the WADL specification, Grizzly NIO connectors, as well as several other new features. InfoQ spoke to the project lead.
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JavaServer Faces 2.0 Composite Components
The JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0 expert group have released Draft 2 for JSF 2.0. This introduces a composite component model based on the Facelets approach which greatly simplifies the building of custom components with the standard Java EE web framework.
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IIS URL Rewriting vs ASP.NET Routing
With the release and press around IIS7 URL Rewriting, many questions have been raised about the interplay between IIS Rewriting and ASP.NET Routing. How do the two features relate to each other and when should each be used?
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Web Frameworks, MVC, and ASP.NET
After nearly a year as a community tech preview, Microsoft has released the first true beta of the ASP.NET MVC framework. ASP.NET MVC is a radical departure from the WebForms technology has promoted in the past, and in the opinion of many, a return to mainstream web programming. The MVC pattern provides the cornerstone for web frameworks such as Ruby on Rails and Java's Spring Framework.
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Merb 1.0 Coming Soon, RC1 Available Now
Web framework Merb 1.0 RC1 is now available. We talked to Merb maintainer Yehuda Katz to get an update on new features and the future of Merb.
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Interview : Discovering RailsKits with Benjamin Curtis
In this interview with Benjamin Curtis of RailsKits, compiled over the last couple weeks, we discuss how utilizing pre-built blocks of Ruby on Rails code can get your project jump-started. Benjamin talks about all of the kits his company has created and the different types of applications developers has created with these tools.
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Ruby in Steel - Free Edition includes Visual Studio
The latest free edition of Ruby In Steel now includes a free copy of Visual Studio. SapphireSteel Software released this free edition of their flagship Ruby and Rails IDE for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Ruby In Steel.
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Community Reacts to SpringSource Changes, CEO Rod Johnson Provides Clarification
SpringSource released a revised maintenance policy for SpringSource Enterprise. InfoQ followed up with SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson to clarify the ramifications.
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GWT 1.5: Java 5 Support, Performance Improvements and JavaScript Enhancements
Google Web Toolkit (GWT), a Java-centric compiler which creates JavaScript-based web applications, released version 1.5 today. InfoQ spoke with tech lead Bruce Johnson to learn more about this release and what new capabilities it adds to GWT.