Paul Krill
Eclipse IDE Photon release train arrives with Rust but no Jakarta EE
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June 27, 2018
Eclipse IDE Photon release train arrives with Rust but no Jakarta EE
It’s late June again, which means it’s time for the Eclipse Foundation’s annual release train featuring the simultaneous release of…
Rust roadmap: The new features planned for Rust 2018
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June 26, 2018
Rust roadmap: The new features planned for Rust 2018
The Rust language is on track for several key new capabilities this year. A draft roadmap for the Mozilla-sponsored language would…
React Native mobile app framework gets a rewrite
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June 19, 2018
React Native mobile app framework gets a rewrite
React Native, Facebook’s framework for building native mobile apps, is to be rearchitected for flexibility and mproved integration with native…
Google App Maker low-code tool debuts for G Suite users
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June 16, 2018
Google App Maker low-code tool debuts for G Suite users
Microsoft has PowerApps and Microsoft Flow for low-code development of apps that use data and services from its Office 365 productivty…
What’s new in Angular: Version 6.1 beta arrives
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June 15, 2018
What’s new in Angular: Version 6.1 beta arrives
Version 6 of Angular, Google’s popular JavaScript framework for building mobile and desktop applications, is here, with the first production…
What’s new in Kotlin 1.2.50? Code reuse, for starters
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June 14, 2018
What’s new in Kotlin 1.2.50? Code reuse, for starters
Version 1.2 of the statically typed Kotlin language, a version of Java endorsed by Google for Android app development, offers…
What’s new in PHP 7.3
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June 13, 2018
What’s new in PHP 7.3
PHP 7.3 is now available in its first alpha release, signifying the start of the release cycle for the next…
What’s new in Apple’s Swift 4.2 language
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June 11, 2018
What’s new in Apple’s Swift 4.2 language
Ahead of the planned 2019 release of Swift 5, Apple has released the intermediate Swift 4.1 version and is working…
Nashorn JavaScript engine for JVM could be axed
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June 11, 2018
Nashorn JavaScript engine for JVM could be axed
Nashorn, the JavaScript engine for Java Virtual Machine, could be deprecated, having been made obsolete by newer technologies. Nashorn debuted…
Luna promises to make JavaScript testing easier
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June 7, 2018
Luna promises to make JavaScript testing easier
Its deveopers claim the Luna JavaScript unit test framework simplifies the testing process by not burdening developers with the task…
What’s new in Ruby 2.6
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June 5, 2018
What’s new in Ruby 2.6
Ruby, one of the more venerable dynamic languages, now has available the second beta release of Version 2.6. What’s new…
Apple says you can port iOS apps to the Mac next year
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June 5, 2018
Apple says you can port iOS apps to the Mac next year
Apple is going to enable developers to move iOS mobile apps over to the Mac. The capability will be available to…
The future of Java: How Jakarta EE will unfold under Eclipse
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June 5, 2018
The future of Java: How Jakarta EE will unfold under Eclipse
The newly released “strawman” technical vision for the Eclipse Foundation’s enterprise Java platform, now called Jakarta EE, focuses on portable…
Microsoft buys GitHub for $7.5 billion
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June 4, 2018
Microsoft buys GitHub for $7.5 billion
After several days of rumors to the effect, Microsoft today revealed it had reached an agreement to acquire popular code-sharing…
What’s next for the Groovy language: The 2018 roadmap
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June 1, 2018
What’s next for the Groovy language: The 2018 roadmap
Groovy, the veteran language for the Java Virtual Machine, has several enhancements on its roadmap, such as to support Java…