What’s Hot This Week in Web Tech? Apple Event, KSQL, Polymer 3, and More
This week’s IMWeb Frontend Community roundup highlights the Apple September event details, introduces KSQL for Apache Kafka, previews Polymer 3.0’s shift to ES6 modules, discusses the Ayo.js Node.js fork, ASP.NET Core 2 Razor pages, VS 2017 preview, container adoption trends, and Oracle’s cloud database innovations.
Apple Autumn Event Set for September 12
The Apple official announced that the autumn launch event will be held on September 12 at Apple Park, with rumors about the upcoming iPhone 8 and its design and technology.
KSQL: Stream Data SQL Engine for Apache Kafka
KSQL, introduced by Kafka co‑author Neha Narkhede on Confluent, provides an interactive SQL interface for Kafka streams, lowering the barrier to stream processing. It supports operations such as aggregate, join, window, and session.
Polymer 3.0 Preview Brings Major Changes
At the 2017 Polymer Summit, the team announced a shift from HTML Imports to ES6 modules and migration from Bower to npm, aligning Polymer with modern JavaScript workflows.
Ayo.js: A New Fork of Node.js
Following a contentious TSC vote on retaining Rod Vagg’s role, several members left and a new fork named Ayo.js was created, illustrating the open‑source community’s self‑governance.
ASP.NET Core 2 Adds Razor Pages Feature
The latest ASP.NET Core 2.0 release, together with .NET Core 2.0 and Entity Framework Core 2.0, introduces performance improvements, Razor Pages, new templates, and enhanced Azure Diagnostics support.
Visual Studio 2017 15.4 Preview Targets Windows 10 FCU
VS 2017 15.4 preview adds support for the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, available for download, though using FCU features requires enrollment in the Windows Insider program.
Containers Set to Overtake VMs in Application Platforms
A 2017 SDxCentral container and cloud orchestration report shows container adoption rising from 8 % in 2016 to 45 % this year, indicating they will soon surpass virtual machines.
Oracle’s Cloud Database Vision from Andrew Mendelsohn
At the Oracle Database Cloud Tech Conference, Andrew Mendelsohn discussed innovations for high scalability and availability in Oracle’s cloud database services.
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