March 2014 Blog Posts (4)

Seven Versions of One Web Application

Building HTML5 Apps from Desktop to Mobile



Free Webcast Tuesday, April 8, 2014



Join Yakov Fain in this fast-paced comparison of different ways of developing HTML5 Web applications.

We'll start with architecture and code review of a basic HTML/JavaScript version of a sample charity application, switch to its jQuery version, then show how to do it with Ext JS framework.



In the second part of the webcast, we'll move the app to mobile. First we'll implement the… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 29, 2014 at 4:08pm — No Comments

Java 8 Resources (thanks to Mattias Karlsson)

Guess you know about all the resources and video cast Oracle provided

at the Java 8 Launch site:

http://www.oracle.com/events/us/en/java8/index.html



On top of that we have released all Java 8 talks from Jfokus 2014

including the Keynote with Georges Saab and Mark Reinhold.



Except the talks from a number of Oracle speakers you can find these

and many more:

-Java 8 Language…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 29, 2014 at 9:01am — No Comments

Stack Overflow, Communities and Intimidation

We envision Codetown to be a free flow of ideas and questions in addition to a networking tool we also post events on. Here's an interesting take on participation and intimidation on Stack Overflow. Ideas? Comments? …

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Added by Michael Levin on March 8, 2014 at 11:32am — No Comments

OSCON is coming!

OSCON is the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. And, it's right around the corner! The call for papers just occurred. It is an annual event that occurs in Portland, OR and this year it's July…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 8, 2014 at 6:20am — No Comments

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Presentation: Are We Ready for the Next Cyber Security Crisis Like Log4shell?

Soroosh Khodami discusses why we aren't ready for the next Log4Shell. He shares live demos of dependency confusion and compromised builds, explaining how minor oversights gift hackers total system access. He explains the value of Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), dependency firewalls, and shifting security left to build resilient DevSecOps cultures that protect the modern software supply chain.

By Soroosh Khodami

Article: Optimization in Automated Driving: from Complexity to Real-Time Engineering

In this article, author Avraam Tolmidis discusses technical architecture of autonomous vehicles, with focus on optimization techniques like context-aware sensor fusion and Model Predictive Control (MPC) solvers to help with processing raw sensor data into safe control commands.

By Avraam Tolmidis

Java News Roundup: GraalVM Build Tools, EclipseLink, Spring Milestones, Open Liberty, Quarkus

This week's Java roundup for March 23rd, 2026, features news highlighting: GA releases of GraalVM Native Build Tools 1.0 and EclipseLink 5.0; the March 2026 edition of Open Liberty; fourth milestone releases of Spring Boot, Spring Modulith and Spring AI; a point release of Quarkus; the first development release of Infinispan; and a maintenance release of GlassFish.

By Michael Redlich

FOSDEM 2026: Intro to WebTransport - the Next WebSocket?!

Max Inden recently explored in a talk at FOSDEM 2026 how the upcoming WebTransport protocol and Web API enhance WebSocket capabilities. WebTransport seeks to provide, among other things, lower latency and transparent network switching for key use cases such as high-frequency financial data streaming, cloud gaming, live streaming, and collaborative editing.

By Bruno Couriol

Google Unveils AppFunctions to Connect AI Agents and Android Apps

In a move to transform Android into an "agent-first" OS, Google has introduced new early beta features to support a task-centric model in which apps provide functional building blocks users leverage through AI agents or assistants to fulfill their goals.

By Sergio De Simone

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