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VSCode + WSL makes Windows awesome for web development

David Heinemeier Hansson

WSL lets you run a real Linux distribution natively, so you can use the same package manager that you’ll deploy against. But it’s surprised me even more how well Microsoft has managed to integrate Linux with Windows. Switching to OSX in 2001 felt like the rebel move. Hell, not just viable, but better in many regards.

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History of IBM DB2

The Crazy Programmer

DB2 was originally exclusively available on IBM mainframes, but by the 1990s, it had migrated to a variety of other platforms, including LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows), i5/OS, and even PDAs. After IBM bought Informix Software in 2001, Db2 was updated to integrate object-relational extensions, making it an object-SQL database management system.

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History of MySQL Database

The Crazy Programmer

After one month, source and Linux binary got released. Their initial public release offered just the binary distribution for the Solaris. Around half a dozen of alpha & beta versions of this platform got released. All the versions were highly compatible with the major platforms. Mårten Mickos got elected as CEO.

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Top 10 Programming Languages Of The Future

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Swift is also open source and has been ported to run on Linux. C# is a Microsoft language that was created in 2001. One advantage of Swift is that it is easy to learn. Another advantage of Swift is that it offers type inference, which makes code more readable and eliminates the need for explicit type annotations.

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Reviewing Top Software Development Tools For 2021 – Better & The Best

Xicom

Considering upgrades, it is automated with extra perk and myriad add-ons like Windows and Linux Virtual Machines, Managed Disks and so on. Another big reason developers ascend to it is that it’s been on the market since 2001, which is undoubtedly something of a seal of approval. So, here’s your quick rundown to X-cart.

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Object Pascal – 26 Things You Didn’t Know About

The Crazy Programmer

Embarcadero’s Delphi compiles modern Object Pascal to native 64-bit x86 for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS, with native 64-bit ARM support for Android and iOS. Anders Hejlsberg , the architect of Turbo Pascal and Delphi, went on to architect C# and TypeScript, receiving the 2001 Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming Award.

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Technology Trends for 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Before that, cloud computing itself took off in roughly 2010 (AWS was founded in 2006); and Agile goes back to 2000 (the Agile Manifesto dates back to 2001, Extreme Programming to 1999). It’s now used in operating systems (Linux kernel components), tool development, and even enterprise software. We also saw 9.8% That’s still true.

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