Paul Krill
Google updates Android Jetpack, unveils Jetpack Compose
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May 10, 2019
Google updates Android Jetpack, unveils Jetpack Compose
Google has updated Android Jetpack, the suite of libraries and tools for Android mobile development. The update includes a series…
Microsoft: Just one .Net going forward
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May 10, 2019
Microsoft: Just one .Net going forward
Microsoft’s next version of the .Net software development framework will be .Net 5, and it will be the only branch…
Oracle steers GraalVM to the enterprise
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May 8, 2019
Oracle steers GraalVM to the enterprise
Oracle is offering an enterprise edition of its GraalVM multi-language virtual machine. A shared runtime for applications written in Java,…
3 JavaScript libraries to replace jQuery
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May 8, 2019
3 JavaScript libraries to replace jQuery
Simplifying tasks such as HTML document traversal, animation, and event handling, the stalwart jQuery JavaScript library changed the face of…
Google: Use Kotlin for new Android apps
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May 8, 2019
Google: Use Kotlin for new Android apps
Google is doubling down on its support of the Kotlin language for Android mobile development, with the recommendation that all…
Java proposal addresses scarcity of keywords for new features
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May 7, 2019
Java proposal addresses scarcity of keywords for new features
A JDK enhancement proposal suggests the use of hyphenated keywords to denote new features in the Java language, with the…
Microsoft Fluid Framework rethinks collaborative web apps
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May 6, 2019
Microsoft Fluid Framework rethinks collaborative web apps
Microsoft has unveiled an application development framework, called Fluid Framework, designed for building web-based, collaborative applications. Due to arrive later…
Oracle: Eclipse may not use Java EE trademarks
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May 6, 2019
Oracle: Eclipse may not use Java EE trademarks
The migration of Java EE (Enterprise Edition) to the Eclipse Foundation has hit some glitches, with Oracle not permitting Java…
Oracle: Eclipse can’t use Java EE trademarks
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May 6, 2019
Oracle: Eclipse can’t use Java EE trademarks
The migration of Java EE (Enterprise Edition) to the Eclipse Foundation has hit some glitches, with Oracle not permitting Java…
Microsoft smartens up Azure Cognitive Services
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May 3, 2019
Microsoft smartens up Azure Cognitive Services
Microsoft is introducing new artificial intelligence capabilities for developers on the company’s Azure cloud platform. An enhancement to Azure Cognitive…
Docker Enterprise 3.0 integrates secure Kubernetes stack
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May 1, 2019
Docker Enterprise 3.0 integrates secure Kubernetes stack
With Docker Enterprise 3.0, now available in a beta version, Docker Inc. has outfitted the enterprise container platform with a…
JDK proposal takes aim at verbose Java syntax
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April 29, 2019
JDK proposal takes aim at verbose Java syntax
Java would gain records and sealed types capabilities as part of a draft JDK enhancement proposal intended to address complaints…
What’s new in Angular: Angular 8 release candidate is here
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April 27, 2019
What’s new in Angular: Angular 8 release candidate is here
Angular 8.0, a forthcoming upgrade to Google’s popular framework for building web, mobile, and desktop applications, has reached the release…
Rust language project addresses loose ends
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April 26, 2019
Rust language project addresses loose ends
A 2019 roadmap for the Rust programming language, published this week, outlines a broad range of goals for the project,…
Nornir offers Python-based network-management automation
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April 26, 2019
Nornir offers Python-based network-management automation
Nornir, an automation framework that uses Python directly, provides an alternative to other automation frameworks that use their own domain-specific…