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Android Town
35 members Latest Activity: Jul 20, 2019 Android is an open Java-based platform to use for developing mobile apps. Do you believe mobile computing is the wave of the future? We do!
iPhone Development
40 members Latest Activity: Jan 29, 2015 iPhone development is going nuts! All the apps, all the possibilities. Objective-C is the language. The SDK is out. Shops are springing up everywhere…
Ruby Town
14 members Latest Activity: Dec 5, 2012 Ruby has made an impact on patterns of software development with its elegant syntax and Rails, an intelligent framework designed to simplify coding.
Flex Loft
13 members Latest Activity: Aug 2, 2010 The Flex Loft is a place Flex coders can come to share ideas, ask questions and share tips about Flex, a powerful user interface programming…
Python
15 members Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2018 Python. Life's better without braces.
Groovy and Grails
25 members Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2015 Using Groovy and Grails? Discuss it here.
Other Languages on the JVM Village
9 members Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2015 Love Jython? Can't get enough JRuby? Groovy? Dynamic languages on the JVM can set you free! Scala? Sure! Let us know what you think here in the Other…
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Mini book: Architecture Through Different Lenses 2025
This eMag explores architecture through five distinct lenses: the socio-technical forces that invisibly shape our code, the paradox of infrastructure that succeeds by disappearing, the power of distributed intelligence over centralized control, the evolutionary advantage of iteration over revolution, and the pragmatic reality of designing for inevitable complexity.
By InfoQPodcast: Bridging the Open Source Gap: From Funding Paradoxes to Digital Sovereignty
Gabriele Columbro, managing director of the Linux Foundation Europe, discusses the differences in the open-source landscape between Europe, China and the US. Stressing that the open-source landscape is the last favorable ground for global innovation in the current geo-political landscape.
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BellSoft has launched Hardened Images for Java containers, claiming 95% fewer CVEs and 30% resource savings. Built on Alpaquita Linux, the 3-in-1 solution combines runtime optimisation, OS hardening, and CVE remediation. It offers a secure, flexible alternative to Chainguard and Distroless, available now in three tiers.
By Mark SilvesterJava News Roundup: JDK 26 in Rampdown, JDK 27 Expert Group, GlassFish, TornadoVM, Spring gRPC
This week's Java roundup for December 1st, 2025, features news highlighting: JDK 26 in Rampdown Phase One; the formation of the JDK 27 Expert Group; GA releases of TornadoVM 2.0 and Spring gRPC 1.0; a point release of GlassFish 7.1; the December 2025 edition of Open Liberty; the first beta release of JHipster 9.0 and the second release candidate of Hibernate Search 8.2.
By Michael RedlichAWS CodeCommit Returns to General Availability After Backlash
AWS recently announced that the managed source control service AWS CodeCommit is again generally available and that new features, including Git Large File Storage, will be added early in 2026. This marks a shift for the cloud provider that previously announced the service would not be further developed, closed it to new accounts, and encouraged migration to external alternative services.
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