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When building, developing and troubleshooting complex systems everybody agrees that modularity is the way to go. Different parts or components need to interact only through well-defined interfaces. This way the
The White House has published a new proposal titled “Federal Source Code Policy ? Achieving Efficiency, Transparency, and Innovation through Reusable and Open Source Software,” which calls on government agencies
A very quick way to import data from Excel into SQL Server through code is to execute the following query: SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(‘Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0′,’Excel 12.0;Database=C:ExcelFileToImport.xlsx’, [SheetWhereDataIsLocated$]) This is known as
During last week’s Build 2016 development conference, Microsoft unveiled an updated version of Graph (formerly the Office 365 Unified API) that will make it easier to build apps that utilize
Nginx has released the results of a new survey of CIOs which found that 20 percent of those polled currently have production workloads running in containers. And among those with
At the second day of the Build 2016 development conference, the biggest news was that Microsoft is open-sourcing the Xamarin mobile development platform and integrating the tool into its Visual
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has always been available under an open source license, but downloads usually require a support subscription. However, the company is now offering its flagship Linux
As projects become more complex and involve a greater number of people, the importance of using version control software during development is increasing exponentially. That is why I have compiled
A company called Cockroach Labs has released a public beta version of a NoSQL database called CockroachDB. First announced in 2014, CockroachDB is designed to survive almost anything?much like its
Microsoft covered a lot of topics during the first day of its Build 2016 development conference, but one news item generated more developer interest than all the others: Bash and
This week’s Strata + Hadoop World conference has proved a popular place for vendors to make announcements related to their big data analytics offerings. For example, IBM launched IBM z/OS
In high-traffic Web applications, a master-slave database architecture is used to optimize performance by separating read and write operations and to prevent loss of data in case of a server
Oracle has increased the amount of damages it is seeking in its long-running copyright dispute with Google that centers on the use of Java APIs in Android. Oracle now wants
Oracle has launched a new piece of cloud computing hardware called the Cloud Machine. The server will run Oracle Cloud at Customer, software which includes the same APIs as the
Web applications are arguably the most common type of application developed these days. The browser is ubiquitous and writing a Web application ensures that your application will be able to
When a person comes to a page, it is actually possible to redirect them to a new page. Because someone might have bookmarked the page, you can use this when
At its GCP NEXT 2016 event, Google revealed some new enterprise features for its Cloud Platform. First, it added some new machine learning capabilities, including integration with the open source
Docker has released private beta versions of two new editions for Mac and Windows. The open source containerization tools integrate with the native hypervisors for both platforms (Apple Hypervisor Framework
Azure Data Factory?offers capabilities to orchestrate data movement services that can scale using Azure Infrastructure. Not just that, you can visualize the data lineage connected to both on premise and
Google has announced plans to expand its cloud footprint dramatically, opening up to twelve new data centers before the end of 2017. Facilities in Oregon and Tokyo will go online
SmartBear has published a report titled ?State of Code Quality 2016: Trends & Insights into Dev Collaboration,? which takes a detailed look at enterprise application development teams’ efforts to improve
Agile methods can accelerate development significantly compared with traditional methods. This is true in particular for programming where fast edit-test-deploy cycles are possible even on a massive scale (look at
Adobe, the software maker whose tools are used by many designers and developers, is reporting that its first quarter non-GAAP earnings were 66 cents a share, handily beating Wall Street
Apple is currently battling the FBI in court over the U.S. government’s insistence that Apple help law enforcement unlock an encrypted iPhone that belonged to a mass killer. Now the
Apple has long been known to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host its iCloud service, but now sources tell CRN that the company quietly began also using Google Cloud
Oracle has released its third quarter earnings, reporting better-than-expected income but worse-than-expected sales. The big bright spot in the report was the company’s cloud computing growth. Software as a service
SQLAlchemy is a very sophisticated toolkit for databases in Python. It has many layers that have different levels of control and ease-of-use. SQLAlchemy is designed to provide superb performance, but
Flow is a mental state where you’re in “The Zone.” Time flies by, everything just works and you’re totally focused on the task at hand and apply yourself fully. You can
Black Duck software has announced the winners of its eighth annual Open Source Rookies of the Year awards. The winners included 14 different projects: Rocket.Chat Mattermost Hubl.in MXNet Bazel React
Still in preview, Microsoft Azure Logic Apps?is offered as part of the Azure App Service?infrastructure that provides declarative integration services for you to automate your business processes and simplify Enterprise-grade
