Development News, Features, and Interviews

• Amateur web developers can now look to Mavo

  The HTML-based platform provides data -management capabilities without needing a back-end server

• Amazon Web Services sets a lure for Java programmers

  Amazon Web Services has long offered an SDK to make it easier to access its web services from Java. Now it has another lure for Java programmers: James Gosling, the father of Java.

• Oracle has a plan to make Java 9 migration easier

  A new proposal would temporarily permit illegal reflective access from code on class path by default, so more older code would function in Java 9

• Google’s Polymer zeroes in on ES6 compatibility, interoperability

  Polymer 2.0 promises much improved ECMAScript 6 standards support and interoperability with other libraries and frameworks

• Oracle's Java chief debunks ‘misconceptions’ about Java 9

  The new version of Java will work in fact with Maven and favorite libraries, and code conversion won’t be required

• Driving IoT to industrial scale

  The Internet of Things (IoT) represents an opportunity for organisations to leverage smart and connected devices to build, distribute and manage their products and services more effectively.

• Java modularity specification opposed by Red Hat, IBM is voted down

  It could be back to the drawing board for Oracle's modular technology plan intended to make it easier to scale Java

• Oracle hits back at modular Java critics

  High-ranking Java official responds to Red Hat's comments, saying that changes need to be useful to all developers, not a select few

• Java modular battle heats up as Oracle criticizes Red Hat, IBM

  Top Java official questions the two companies’ sincerity in their opposition to the planned module system

• Oracle rethinks modular Java plan after Red Hat’s objections

  While Oracle insists revisions were ongoing work, they appear to address a recent gripe by Red Hat

• Java module system may stall platform’s next release

  Objections raised by IBM and Red Hat could delay the upgrade's release, planned for late July

• Azul introduces LLVM compiler to Java runtime

  Azul's Falcon LLVM compiler gives the Zing JVM a big speed edge over Oracle's HotSpot Java platform

• Red Hat and IBM raise objections to Java 9 modularization

  Java Executive Committee participants worry modularization will have adverse effects on compatibility and could lead to two worlds of Java development

• JavaScript framework smartens up Firefox

  Mozilla's Fathom framework helps browsers understand web pages the way people do

• The framework formerly known as JavaScriptMVC hits 1.0

  Now known as DoneJS, the framework for building high-performance real-time apps for mobile, web, and desktop reaches version 1.0

• Kotlin improves code compilation, now requires JDK 8

  Jetbrains' statically typed JVM language also offers several bug fixes and other small changes

• Oracle floats Java hardware acceleration proposal

  Project Trinity would enhance Streams with data processing hardware features for greater efficiency

• The pros and cons of adopting a DevOps model

  In today’s digital era, mastering the customer experience through a continuous delivery of applications is a must.

• Microsoft fine-tunes WebAssembly for Edge browser

  By tweaking when the Chakra JavaScript engine parses WebAssembly functions, the Edge browser provides faster web app performance

• Node.js exec director: Our project is transformational

  Former Linux Foundation official Mark Hinkle moves over to organization shepherding server-side JavaScript platform

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