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Dev Dot Next Webinar!
https://www.devdotnext.com/digital
Oracle is hosting a webinar on Java 14 next Thursday, 26 March from 2-2:30 pm EDT, which will cover some of the new features:…
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Added by Michael Levin on March 24, 2020 at 7:44am — No Comments
Hackathon
“Hey Mike, I am helping organize an upcoming hackathon at Palm Coast City hall and want to invite your group of devs to attend and compete. There is a $12k prize pool as well as raffle prizes and free food all weekend long. This is a free event and any and all experience is welcome to come check it out. The event website is TechBeachHackathon.com for all the details.”
Added by Michael Levin on January 11, 2020 at 2:06am — No Comments
Why Choose Outsourced Services of IT Functions?
Information technology is the most important function of any business organization. The management system needs to be very strong within an organization so that everything may go on according to the requirement. The business marketplace is such a platform that cannot be managed without certain strategies. In the current time, businesses are utilizing the latest software to let their department run with no hassle.…
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Why Availing Outsourced Data Conversion Process is Best Choice for Small Business?
The advancement in the technology system has brought tremendous changes. Currently, many firms are adopting a trendy system to deal with business obstacles. The question is, why there is a need for changing the format of a file? What leads to the data conversion process?
The compatibility of a specific file plays an important role in expanding business productivity. Most often the product and the service-based organization are liable to consider…
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Mobile Vendor Market Share
Added by Ismail Jones on September 17, 2019 at 11:09pm — No Comments
IBM is moving OpenPower Foundation to The Linux Foundation
Added by Michael Lucas on August 22, 2019 at 8:18am — No Comments
Swampcast features Tim Westergren, Pandora CEO
Join Michael Levin in this Swampcast interview with Tim Westergren, Pandora CEO. Click here to listen. Photo…
Added by Michael Levin on August 3, 2019 at 12:30pm — No Comments
Swampcast features Craig Newmark
Here's a Swampcast featuring Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist. Enjoy!
Added by Michael Levin on July 11, 2019 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Wikipedia ::: Swampcast podcast features Brion Vibber, Wikipedia CTO
Here’s a blast from the past. Wikipedia CTO Brion Vibber walks us through the beginnings of Wikipedia. Enjoy! Click here to hear the…
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Pandora::: Swampcast features Pandora CTO Tom Conrad
Here’s one of the most talented CTO’s around to explain the inner workings of Pandora. Click here to…
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OSCON Free Expo Pass!
Added by Michael Levin on June 21, 2019 at 4:13pm — No Comments
Some thoughts on licensing from Google's Chris DiBona
Chris DiBona is the director of open source at Google, and he's been taking a big part in the open source and Free software ecosystem for a very long time--not least in his role with Google's Summer of Code. He recently posted on Twitter what he calls "a little rant" about software licensing -- well worth reading the whole (short!) thing.
Upshot: Be cautious and humble in…
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OSCON
https://oreil.ly/2U5aTET
Added by Michael Levin on May 22, 2019 at 8:50am — No Comments
TheAIConf CFP
Link: https://www.oreilly.com/pub/cpc/200573
Added by Michael Levin on March 21, 2019 at 6:34am — No Comments
Code One CFP
CodeOne is September 15-19. The CFP is open now until March 13. You can submit talks here: http://bit.ly/2tubcKD
Added by Michael Levin on March 8, 2019 at 9:30am — No Comments
Tips and Best Practices To Take Advantage of Spark
Added by Michael Levin on February 22, 2019 at 3:49pm — No Comments
Java Versions
JDK Versions
The various JDK versions are:
- JDK Alpha and Beta (1995): Sun announced Java in September 23, 1995.
- JDK 1.0 (January 23, 1996): Originally called Oak (named after the oak tree outside James Gosling's office). Renamed to Java 1 in JDK 1.0.2.
- JDK 1.1 (February 19,…
Added by Michael Levin on January 14, 2019 at 1:40pm — No Comments
Free web hosting...
If I want to develop my own simple web application use it as part of an online portfolio, where do you recommend I do that? I tried openshift but apparently they are currently overloaded with requests.
Added by Bradlee Sargent on January 3, 2019 at 12:25pm — 1 Comment
Book Giveaway
Hi! Is anyone interested in one of these books? If so please follow/retweet and tell me which book. Thanx!…
Added by Adam Davis on November 5, 2018 at 9:30pm — No Comments
Amanda's Giving a Talk at KotlinConf!
Amanda is giving a talk at KotlinConf...tomorrow at 14:00 CEST - that's the time in Amsterdam. Here's the abstract https://kotlinconf.com/schedule/#date=5-october&session=37796 and you can watch it live at …
Added by Michael Levin on October 4, 2018 at 11:54am — No Comments
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Presentation: A Practical Path Towards Becoming a High Performance (IT) Organization
Michiel Sens provides advice on becoming a high performance IT organization.
By Michiel SensHow Uber Deals With Unreachable Code Associated to Feature Flags in its Mobile Apps
Piranha is a newly open-sourced tool by Uber that can be used to remove stale code in mobile apps written in Java, Objective-C, or Swift for Android and iOS. The tool was born with the aim to pay technical debt ensuing from the process of implementing and eventually removing feature flags, says Uber.
By Sergio De SimoneTheia Framework 1.0 Enables Web IDEs
Theia is a framework for building multi-language IDEs upon JavaScript, and powers GitPod.io, Arduino's new Pro IDE, and Arm's new mBed Studio. Earlier this week they released 1.0 signifying that they had reached stability and the vendor-neutral open-source framework was ready for use. Read on to find out more about what Eclipse Theia delivers and how it differs from VS Code.
By Alex BlewittES2020's Feature Set Finalized
The TC39 committee recently approved the ECMAScript 2020 (commonly known as ES2020) candidate which contains the finalized set of features entering the JavaScript language. The ES2020 candidate is set for review and approval by the ECMA general assembly in June this year. Most of the new features are already implemented in browsers and can be transpiled with the Babel JavaScript parser.
By Bruno CouriolPresentation: From POC to Production in Minimal Time - Avoiding Pain in ML Projects
Janet Bastiman describes how turning an AI proof of concept into a production ready, deployable system can be a world of pain, especially if different parts of the puzzle are fulfilled by different teams, going into technical details.
By Janet Bastiman
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