Open Source
Open Source news, information, and how-to advice
Open source isn’t the community you think it is
The irony is that what makes open source work—and differ from commercial software—is that only a few developers do the major work on any project
Java 11 roadmap: The new features you can expect
CORBA, Java EE, and JavaFX support will be removed, while just a handful of new features are being added—so far
GitHub’s tool reduces open source software license violations
Called Licensed, the tool finds license dependencies early in the development life cycle
Git essentials: Get started with Git version control
Learn how Git manages versions and how to install the necessary software to access Git servers where your software project will be stored
Big data analytics with Neo4j and Java, Part 1
Graph databases like Neo4j are ideal for modeling complex relationships between collections of users--and they move through big data at lightspeed. This tutorial gets you started with graph databases and analytics in Java.
GitHub tutorial: Get started with GitHub
Every developer should be on GitHub. Follow these steps to create a repository, push commits, merge pull requests, and clone and fork other repos
Enterprise Java’s new name: Jakarta EE
The venerable Java EE name has been retired as part of enterprise Java’s move away from Oracle
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Docker tutorial: Get started with Docker Compose
Learn how to use Docker’s native service configuration and deployment tool for testing and debugging multi-container apps
Cython tutorial: How to speed up Python
How to use Cython and its Python-to-C compiler to give your Python applications a rocket boost
For developers, the focus is deep learning, multiplatform, and coding skills
Angular, TensorFlow, React, and Electron all have seen large increases in developer activity on GitHub
Who really contributes to open source
New data debunks several myths around which companies lead in open source contributions
20 years of open source: Its world-changing history in brief
Today, open source powers servers, computers, devices, and all manner of software. But two decades ago, it was a fringe, radical idea that seemed destined to remain academic
Oracle extends Java JDK 8 updates to 2019
Oddly, JDK 8 will get public updates even after updates end for the later JDK 9 and JDK 10 Java releases
Eclipse’s enterprise Java roadmap: more services coming
The JSON-B API, more cloud and microservices support, two XML efforts, web tags, and a JavaBeans Action Framework are among the planned elements
TensorFlow review: The best deep learning library gets better
At version r1.5, Google's open source machine learning and neural network library is more capable, more mature, and easier to learn and use
20 years on, open source hasn’t changed the world as promised
Most code remains closed and proprietary, even though open source now dominates enterprise platforms. How can that be?
2017: The year in programming languages
Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, TypeScript, and C++ all saw big changes in their capabilities
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