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Node.js specialist RisingStack published a new survey that shows the top paint point reported by developers working with the JavaScript-based runtime is debugging, with 17 percent of respondents spending more than five hours per week fixing things.
06/22/2017
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The Agile Architect
Our Agile Architect discusses strategies for working with a product owner that can't hold to a decision long enough to see it realized.
06/21/2017
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MongoDB, the popular open source, document-oriented, NoSQL database, has unveiled its own Backend-as-a-Service offering, promising to relieve data developers from the drudgery of writing boilerplate code.
06/21/2017
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"Python is now the No. 1 tool being used by developers and tech pros, followed by Git and Visual Studio."
06/20/2017
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Poor "cscareerthrowaway567" deleted a production database on his first day on the job, immediately got fired and was even threatened with legal action. But there have been a lot more serious programming mistakes. Here are just a few.
06/19/2017
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Sure, Stack Overflow is fine for the technical stuff, but it has so many restrictions -- like shutting down questions for being "primarily opinion-based" -- that Quora is the place to go for the real scoop. Here's a Top 10 taste.
06/16/2017
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Stack Overflow has released the raw results from its huge developer survey, letting users mine the treasure trove of data for insights such as: Those who indent with spaces earn more money than those who indent with tabs.
06/16/2017
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Facing an ever-increasing demand for more mobile apps, enterprises that use mobile development platforms are shipping more apps than average, according to a new research report.
06/15/2017
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In the latest Programming Language Rankings from the industry watchers at RedMonk, Kotlin, a language that didn't make the Top 20, was given special attention in its discussion section.
06/14/2017
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In-memory data grid specialist Hazelcast Inc. announced the release of an updated version of its relatively new distributed processing engine for Big Data streams.
06/14/2017
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Although he wants to continue pushing for a June 22 Release Candidate build, Mark Reinhold has announced a Sept. 1 General Availability release for the JDK 9 project -- eight weeks past the previously scheduled July 27 GA release.
06/14/2017
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Google this week announced a revision to its Google Play rules, essentially cracking down on incentivized Android app ratings, reviews and installs associated with the app store.
06/08/2017
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Four the first time in four years of tracking, a recruiter has noticed a decrease in salaries for early-career data scientists -- a position once dubbed the "sexiest job of the 21st century" -- caused by more junior-level entrants into the field, and other factors.
06/08/2017
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A Gartner analyst, noting a low number of mobile apps being created for the enterprise, indicated that frustration with native and hybrid app development may be causing a growth in mobile Web apps to meet demand.
06/07/2017
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Cutting-edge technologies such as augmented reality and machine learning highlighted Apple's new mobile app development efforts revealed at the ongoing Worldwide Developers Conference.
06/07/2017
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Diving into DevOps
The evolution of DevOps continues apace, and the sixth annual "State of DevOps Report," published today, suggests the next phase of that evolution will be driven by what the report's authors call "transformational leadership."
06/06/2017
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Despite the popularity of open source software development, the growing movement is plagued by poor documentation and negative interactions -- primarily rudeness -- among developers, according to a big new survey from GitHub.
06/05/2017
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Developers are once again being blamed for cloud security vulnerabilities, this time in a new report from Appthority, which found terabytes of enterprise data exposed on cloud back-ends, including personally identifiable information.
06/05/2017
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Here's a roundup of recent news about Big Data, including Pentaho scaling Spark across the enterprise, MongoDB expanding the reach of its Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS), MariaDB unifying its offerings, Cloudera'a new Altus Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and more.
06/02/2017