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Python 3.5 release arrives with new syntax features
The final release of Python 3.5 dropped late last week with many an improvement. Among the highlights of this release are three new syntax features. Coroutines with Await and Async syntax: Python’s...
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Continuous Delivery: putting pressure on your skills, but in a good way
JAXenter: So your talk at the DevOpsCon will focus on the trouble that teams encounter with Continuous Delivery. In your experience, what are the most common obstacles that teams will hit when moving...
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The top 25 social influencers in Java
Following the success of its ranking in finance technology experts, the JAX team has created a ranking Java’s biggest social influencers. The study has analysed thousands of leading profiles from Java...
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Why programmers need to smell their software systems
Let’s assume you’ve been a been a bad developer and you’ve neglected to take keep your code tidy. Then there’s a good chance your manager will call a guy like Gernot Starke, a German software...
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Oracle’s “planned obsolescence” for Java
If Oracle were a Facebook user, it would now be updating its relationship status with Java to “it’s complicated”. September’s news that Oracle has begun dismissing its Java evangelists has raised...
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How the ‘Safe Harbour’ ruling is wreaking havoc on cloud computing
JAXenter: First of all, what exactly does the ECJ ruling on ‘Safe Harbour’ mean for transatlantic data transfer from now on? Robert Arandjelovic and Ravi Pather: The legal decision of the EU Court of...
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6 interesting IT facts we learned at JAX London – Day 1
1. Everything is a service Economies are no longer driven by products, but by services. If there’s one thing that visitors can take away from the opening keynote at this year’s JAX London, it’s the...
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Vinita Rathi on DevOps and the technical challenges at Goldman Sachs
JAXenter: One interesting fact you mentioned in your session was that at Goldman Sachs there was a four-month application time to get server space. Isn’t that a massive problem for a large company?...
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What happens when you blame a developer for a problem?
JAXenter: During your JAX London session you kindly reminded us all about the inevitability of failure is inevitable, particularly in highly available systems. What happens when they fail? Jeremy...
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Angular 2 is coming soon (but Angular 1 is not going anywhere)
“We’re really close,” says AngularJS manager Brad Green about the approaching beta release of Angular 2. “We really wanted to come up here and say ‘we’re at beta.’ We’re not quite there,” the Google...
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Watch the JavaOne keynotes online
Thousands of Java developers are currently en route to San Francisco for this year’s JavaOne and OpenWorld conferences. Attracting an estimated 60,000 attendees, the conference kicks off Sunday,...
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Elasticsearch 2.0.0 lands, bringing numerous new features
Following a beta-release sneak preview in September, Elasticsearch 2.0.0 has arrived, and with it a big security improvement in the form of the Java Security Manager. This tool makes it difficult for...
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5 key lessons for developers – learnings from W-JAX 2015
This year’s W-JAX kicked off with a wide selection of memorable takeaways for programmers, from the positive developer mindsets to the negative data approaches. Here’s a selection of what we’ve learned...
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Henk Kolk – Europe’s developers need to be worried about Chinese competition
At this year’s W-JAX conference in Munich, Henk Kolk told an audience of 1,400 programmers that we need to “fix the profession of software engineering.” Programmers have too little touch with...
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Microservices at the W-JAX – lessons in monolith destruction and hype deflation
Developing fast, releasing fast, more flexibility, AB tests… there’s no shortage of hype around microservices. And for good reason, say many speakers at this year’s W-JAX in Munich. Microservices can...
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Angular 2.0 – Why? What? And How?
It’s been an exciting year for the AngularJS community. News of radical change without a clear migration path has worried users. But things are looking up, says AngularJS author and consultant Manfred...
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Heinz Kabutz – Lambdas are confusing and Java needs evangelists
Java 8 was launched in March 2014 with great fanfare. The new lambda syntax allows us to have a more succinct coding style and get rid of a lot of boilerplate code. However, there is also confusion....
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How much technology does a software architect need to understand?
At some stage in every programmer’s career, there comes the time when they must decide which area they will specialise in, if any at all. But expertise is a tricky concept when it comes to making...
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How software makers are being implicated in jihadist terrorism
In a fury of finger-pointing following the Paris attacks of November 13, several software creators are now fielding criticism over the role their products have played in jihadist terrorism. As products...
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What makes a good CTO? Top CTOs explain their approaches
Is there a formula to being a successful leader in technology? The variety in responses from different CTOs might be an indicator that there is still no general consensus on what it means to be a CTO....
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Finance IT: The future of microservices, DevOps and the cloud in banking systems
JAXenter: What sort of changes are you witnessing in finance IT right now – and do you see buzzwords like cloud, microservices and DevOps playing a large role in this area in future? Peter Lawrey: The...
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Good software architecture works just like the human brain
JAXenter: You’ve often spoken at conferences about why good software architecture works like the human brain. How have you come to this conclusion? Dr. Carola Lilienthal: What I try to explain in my...
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The importance of ignoring technology you don’t need
JAXenter: RESTful APIs are playing a central role in software architecture. What is it about them that has made them so important to software architecture? Rainer Stropek: I think RESTful web APIs...
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The top Java viral jokes
1. Java has encountered a problem with Windows via Imgur 2. The difference between coding academic Java and enterprise Java via Imgur The Conference for Continuous Delivery, Microservices,...
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