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How to generate code with Apache Velocity

opensource.com - Fri, 12/13/2019 - 16:00

Apache Velocity is an open source, Java-based template engine and code generator that converts templates into source code. Because it is implemented in Java, it is capable of interpreting varied templates and generating code for any language (web, service, SQL, scripts, etc.), although it seems to be oriented mostly toward web development.


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What GNOME 2 fans love about the Mate Linux desktop

opensource.com - Fri, 12/13/2019 - 16:00

Stop me if you've heard this one before: When GNOME 3 was first released, many GNOME users were not ready to give up GNOME 2. The Mate (named after the yerba mate plant) project began as an effort to continue the GNOME 2 desktop, at first using GTK 2 (the toolkit GNOME 2 was based upon) and later incorporating GTK 3.


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Fedora 32 Will Feature Bleeding-Edge Compilers Again With LLVM 10 + GCC 10

Phoronix - Fri, 12/13/2019 - 13:32
Fedora Linux is on track to deliver another bleeding-edge compiler toolchain stack with Fedora 32 due out this spring...

How to Work with Ansible Variables and Facts – Part 8

Tecmint - Fri, 12/13/2019 - 13:18
We’ve mentioned variables in this Ansible series and just to jog your mind a little. A variable, just like in many programming languages, is essentially a key that represents a value. What Constitutes a...

Phoronix Test Suite 9.2.1 Released

Phoronix - Fri, 12/13/2019 - 13:02
Released earlier this month was Phoronix Test Suite 9.2 while now available is a point release with a couple of fixes...

Celebrating 20 years of enterprise Java: Milestones

Red Hat News - Fri, 12/13/2019 - 13:00

As we celebrate the last 20 years of enterprise Java, it is important to look back at the platform's history to better understand where it came from and how we arrived where we are today.

Enterprise Java emerged during a pivotal time in the history of enterprise computing. When Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.2 was introduced in December 1999, it not only marked the birth of enterprise Java, but also signaled an important shift in how organizations were thinking about the web.

AMD Pushes Updated AMDVLK Vulkan Code Following Adrenalin 2020 Unveil

Phoronix - Fri, 12/13/2019 - 09:28
Earlier this week AMD unveiled the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition driver and we await a Radeon Software for Linux / AMDGPU-PRO driver update for Linux users on supported distributions. But AMD has begun pushing some updated AMDVLK open-source Vulkan driver code ahead of a possible tagged release in the next few days...

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