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How to Embed Instagram posts to WordPress manually
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Singleton vs. static classes in C#
Understand the differences between a singleton class and a static class and when to use which in your applications. When developing applications in .NET Core,...
11 reasons to hate the cloud
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Use multiple implementations of an interface in ASP.NET Core
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JDK 16: The new features in Java 16
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TypeScript 4.1 arrives with template literal types
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Kotlin adds dynamic method invocation for JVM
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4 nonprofits teaching disadvantaged students to code
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What to expect from AWS re:Invent 2020
The world’s biggest cloud vendor has shifted its annual event online and spread it across three weeks. Here’s our guide to what to expect and...
JetBrains releases desktop UI framework for Kotlin
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How to use ArrayPool and MemoryPool in C#
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Stargate: A new way to think about databases
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How to use typesafe enums in Java
Use typesafe enums to avoid the problems with traditional enumerated types Java code that uses traditional enumerated types is problematic. Java 5 gave us a...
The ‘distributed cloud’ isn’t emerging — it’s already here
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What’s new in Angular 11
Highlights of the latest upgrade to the Google-developed web framework include stricter types, router performance improvements, and automatic font inlining Angular 11, the latest upgrade...
Python creator Guido Van Rossum heads to Microsoft
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Microsoft .NET 5 arrives with C# 9, F# 5
New platform moves toward the unification of the .NET development experience across desktop, web, mobile, cloud, and IoT targets After more than a year in...
4 handy uses for Visual Studio Code — aside from coding
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Microsoft adds a new Linux: CBL-Mariner
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Applying agile in POCs for emerging technologies
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GNAP: OAuth the next generation
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4 steps to DevSecOps in your software supply chain
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How to use the Buffer class in C#
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How to make the most of the Google Cloud free tier
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JDK 16: What’s coming in Java 16
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4 common C programming mistakes — and 5 tips to avoid them
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Survey finds cloud complexity increases challenges
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The most valuable software developer skills in 2020
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How Oracle v. Google could upend software development
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How to manage user secrets in ASP.NET Core
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The year of PostgreSQL is every year
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Azure Databricks previews parallelized Photon query engine
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Apple’s Swift language dragged to Windows
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10 MLops platforms to manage the machine learning lifecycle
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How to use named and optional parameters in C#
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GitHub CLI reaches 1.0 status
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Vue 3.0 arrives, now in TypeScript
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Will cloud architecture change after COVID?
Cloud computing has exploded in popularity during the pandemic. The systemic changes it has caused are likely here to stay A few things have changed...
Ignite 2020: Introducing Azure Communication Services
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How MariaDB achieves global scale with Xpand
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Does Snowflake mean the end of open source?
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Report: Developers have been more productive during Covid-19
A survey of hundreds of developers across 26 countries suggests that software developers are more productive working remotely Developers forced to work remotely during the...
Deno upgrade adds WebSocket API
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4 Python type checkers to keep your code clean
Mypy, Pytype, Pyright, and Pyre can help you keep your type-hinted Python code bug-free. Let’s see what each of these useful tools has to offer...
Microsoft Visual Studio beefs up support for C language
C11 and C17 become supported C language versions starting with Visual Studio 2019 16.8 Preview 3 Microsoft’s Visual Studio IDE has added support for the...