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Everything about Java 8

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The following post is a comprehensive summary of the developer-facing changes coming in Java 8. At the time of this writing, Java 8 development is still very much in progress. It had the best support for the Java 8 language features at the time I went looking. Language features and APIs may still change.

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Factual Releases New Android SDK

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Los Angeles-based location based data API provider Factual told its developers ysterday that it has officially annoucned the release of its official SDK for Android. Factual provides location-based APIs which allow developers to pull up information about nearby businesses and attractions, along with other data. READ MORE>>.

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Framework Benchmarks

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Netty , Vert.x , and Java servlets are fast, but we were surprised how much faster they are than Ruby , Django , and friends. Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. See Environment Details below for more information. Java / JVM.

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Frameworks Round 1

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Netty , Vert.x , and Java servlets are fast, but we were surprised how much faster they are than Ruby , Django , and friends. Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. See Environment Details below for more information. Java / JVM.

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Factual Connects Into Python, Clojure, Haskell

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Santa Monica-based Factual extended out its list of supported APIs this week, saying that it has added new drivers for the Python, Clojure, and Haskell development languages. Factual already had support for more widespread languages like Java and PHP. The firm's APIs are widely used by developers of mobile applications.

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Frameworks Round 2

TechEmpower

Last week, we posted the results of benchmarking several web application development and frameworks. We received comments, recommendations, advice, criticism, questions, and most importantly pull requests from dozens of readers and developers. Third place is held by plain Java Servlets running on Caucho''s Resin Servlet container.

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MySpace Extends APIs

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Los Angeles-based MySpace has released an upgrade to the firm's set of application programming interfaces, saying this morning that it has released an upgrade to MySpaceID, the firm's API for allowing other websites to access its information. The firm also said that it will be adding Google Android support soon. READ MORE>>.

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