Microsoft has laid out its roadmap for TypeScript, charting the course of the programming language from versions 1.3 to 2.0. Since the 1.0 release of TypeScript—Microsoft’s superset JavaScript programming language—back in February, Microsoft has focused on performance improvements and growing the language’s open-source community. After an incremental release including a new, faster compiler, the TypeScript … continue reading
#1: Material Design Icons Developers and app designers have gone so crazy over Material Design, Google decided to open-source the icons itself. These official open-source icons featured in Google’s Material Design specification include SVG versions of all icons in both 24px and 48px flavors, SVG and CSS sprites of all icons, and separate versions of the icons targeted … continue reading
Asset managers and institutional investors all over the world, using different computers and browsers, rely on eVestment’s online data and analytics solutions to capitalize on global investment trends, select and monitor investment managers and enable asset managers to market their funds worldwide. At the beginning of 2012, we acquired two firms with the goal of … continue reading
RazorFlow, a new HTML5 dashboard framework from JavaScript data visualization company FusionCharts, aims to give developers a way to build effective, cross-platform HTML5 dashboards quickly without manual workflows. The RazorFlow API simplifies responsive HTML5 dashboard creation by allowing developers to choose between a chart or key performance indicator, a vertical or horizontal layout and a … continue reading
Microsoft updates Windows App Studio Beta Microsoft aims to make building Windows Phone apps easier with the updated release of Windows App Studio beta. The App Studio was launched over a year ago, and since then about 1 million app projects have been created and almost 50,000 apps have been published to the Windows Store … continue reading
Microsoft announces Skype Qik group video messaging app Microsoft is making a play for mobile video messaging with Skype Qik, its new group messaging app available for Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Kik, the original streaming app acquired by Microsoft several years ago, has been rolled into the new Skype Qik app to compete with … continue reading
#1: SweetAlert Created by Tristan Edwards, SweetAlert is a replacement for JavaScript’s alert. It automatically centers itself on the page and works with desktop computers, mobile devices and tablets. Instead of having a generic alert come onto your screen, SweetAlert is visually appealing, according to Edwards, and customizable. It can implement text, animations and images. … continue reading
PITTSBURGH, PA – October 8, 2014 – GrapeCity Developer Tools, leaders in developer-productivity solutions, has announced the release of Wijmo 5: a new generation of JavaScript controls. This new version of Wijmo expands GrapeCity’s line of HTML5 and JavaScript products for Enterprise Application development. “Touch First, Mobile First, was our mantra when setting out to … continue reading
Google’s Dart programming language, which was designed to ultimately succeed JavaScript, seems to be making great strides these days. Just in the past year, Dart has been released for wide Web use, become an official Ecma standard, and now according to this month’s TIOBE Index of language popularity, the programming language has broken into its top … continue reading
RiftSketch, an HTML5 live coding app for the Oculus Rift Live coding is growing in popularity across the programming and even the music world, and now one developer has finally brought the improvisational programming trend to arguably the most exciting technological forefront: virtual reality. Developer Brian Peiris has created RiftSketch, an open-source application providing a live … continue reading
ORLANDO, Fla., Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2014, Booth #134 — Oct. 6, 2014 — Neuron ESB today announced availability of Neuron ESB 3.5, extending the company’s lead in integration and SOA middleware built on the Microsoft platform. Neuron ESB 3.5 is the latest version of the company’s Enterprise Service Bus and now provides fault-tolerant, long-running workflow and … continue reading
#1: Material design for Bootstrap This week’s top project is an easy way to use the new Material Design guidelines by Google in Bootstrap 3-based applications. Just include the theme right after the Bootstrap CSS and add JavaScript at the end of the document, and the theme converts everything to Material Design style. Developed by … continue reading
