Twitter has open sourced Flight, the JavaScript framework used internally in production to provide functionality for their website. via Twitter Open Sources Flight, an Event-based Component Framework.
Salesforce.com has open sourced Phoenix, a Java layer enabling developers to run SQL queries on Apache HBase. Update: An interview on Phoenix with James Taylor, Lead Developer at Salesforce.com, has been appended. via Phoenix: Running SQL Queries on Apache HBase [Updated].
Microsoft’s Visual Studio has long supported 3rd party extensions and tools that provide access to external source control systems. This past Wednesday Microsoft announced native support in Visual Studio for the Git distributed version control system (DVCS). via Visual Studio Gets Git.
While you’ve been able to run XBMC on Raspberry Pi’s before with OpenELEC, Raspbian and RaspBMC, now that Frodo is out these distros can only get better. via XBMC 12 released – includes Raspberry Pi and Android support | Linux User.
An interesting article caught my eye at jobstractor.com — the programming language trends review. The company analyzed more than 60,000 job vacancies during 2012 to produce a chart of the most sought-after technologies: via What is the Best Programming Language to Learn in 2013? – SitePoint.
From the ‘If you leave the keys out in the open it’s your own fault’ files: Github rolled out a new search tool today making it easier to not just discover new projects, but code within projects. Think Google Code search (when it was alive, but better). via Github Search Exposes Passwords – InternetNews..
It’s hardly been a week since the developers at SolusOS announced their fork of GNOME Classic. Dubbed Consort, it set the Linux world abuzz last week. Today the team announced the first release with that new desktop: SolusOS 2 Alpha 7. via SolusOS Shows off GNOME Fork in New Alpha.
Free and Open Source Game ‘Cube 2: Sauerbraten’ Gets a Major Release ~ Ubuntu Vibes | Daily Ubuntu Linux Updates.
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