"infoworld" news, interviews, and features

News about infoworld

• React JavaScript library gets new tools

  Defined API is featured for working with internals; tree view and component-searching also are featured

• Android Studio focuses on C++ editing

  Version 1.3 of the IDE also gets memory and testing improvements

• Windows 10: Fact vs. fiction

  With Win10 slated to drop July 29, we give you the straight dope on support, upgrades, and the state of the bits

• Windows 10 reality check: Separating fact from fiction

  Licensing, upgrade paths, 'Windows as a Service' -- here's the lowdown on common Win10 misconceptions

• JavaScript unites Microsoft and Google

  The rival vendors are partnering to build AngularJS 2.0 on Microsoft's TypeScript language

• Two years in the making, Node.js upgrade arrives

  Version 0.12 of server-side JavaScript platform set to become available as reconciliation with io.js fork expected

Features about infoworld

• Stop the funeral! Objective-C is alive and kicking

  Developers still value Apple's now-legacy language for iOS and Mac app dev, and the transition Swift will be gradual

• Java at 20: Its successes, failures, and future

  Oracle's Java VP discusses J2EE, OpenJDK, security woes, and the long gap before Java 7

• Satya Nadella at one year: Grading Microsoft's CEO

  Nadella's first year at the Microsoft helm has brought both stunning successes and surprising lapses