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Docker Desktop comes to Linux, adds extensions SDK

Docker Extensions allow Docker Desktop to integrate with a wide range of partner tools for software supply chain security, CI/CD, Kubernetes deployment, and more.

Cloudflare Workers for Platforms aims for more programmable web

Cloudflare Workers for Platforms provides a set of tools and an API standard that would allow developers to customize any web application.

How developers are starting to prioritize wellness at work

New data from Stack Overflow has found that despite many employers encouraging employee wellness, not all software developers are following their advice.

C# popularity surges in Tiobe programming language index

The Tiobe index rating for C# grew nearly 2% in the past 12 months, while the rating for C fell by nearly the same amount.

Visual Studio Code 1.67 tunes file nesting, Markdown navigation

April 2022 release of Microsoft’s code editor also brings improvements to the Extension Pack for Java and Visual Studio Code for Web.

How the UK Department for Work and Pensions cut deployment times to 15 minutes

The UK government body is starting to build a central developer platform on top of Red Hat technology to enable engineers to deploy more quickly and regularly, regardless of the underlying infrastructure.

Why Apache Kafka is dropping ZooKeeper

Replacing ZooKeeper with internally managed metadata will improve scalability and management, according to Kafka's developers.

shinytest2, Rhino R Shiny framework top news at Appsilon conference

An updated Shiny testing package and new Shiny framework were featured at this week's Shiny conference.

Will JavaScript containers overtake Linux containers?

Node.js and Deno creator Ryan Dahl believes the majority of web services might be simplified by using JavaScript containers, rather than Linux containers.

GitHub will require two-factor authentication for all coders

All users who contribute code to GitHub-hosted repositories must enable one or more forms of 2FA by the end of 2023.

Spotify, startups launch funds to support open source maintainers

In the wake of the Log4j vulnerability, companies are committing funds to support the maintainers of key open source software projects.

Pulumi extends infrastructure as code support for Java and YAML

The infrastructure as code vendor is adding support for Java and YAML as it aims to provide developers with universal coverage across programming languages and infrastructure types.

JetBrains IDEs connect with Gitpod for cloud-based development

Native integration with Gitpod allows JetBrains users to spin up remote development environments and access them from cloud-based JetBrains IDEs.

Aerospike Database adds native JSON document support

Aerospike Database 6 release also introduces massively parallel secondary indexes, which promise the same speed and efficiency as primary indexes.

PyScript brings Python into the browser, more easily than ever

A new project from Anaconda delivers the Python runtime in a web page, via a single JS include, and with access to many popular Python packages.

AWS can’t help Amazon avoid first loss since 2015

Despite AWS going from strength to strength, the retail giant suffered its first quarterly loss since 2015 to start the financial year.

Deno 1.21 improves REPL, error handling

Latest release of the JavaScript and TypeScript runtime also begins phasing in not type checking by default.

Oracle Java popularity sliding, New Relic reports

Oracle Java has fallen to just 34% of Java distributions in use, with Amazon rising to 22%, according to New Relic’s 2022 State of the Java Ecosystem report.

Akamai jumps into DBaaS market with Linode Managed Database

The DBaaS (database as a service) will support MySQL across Linode’s 11 global data centers with support for PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB to follow in the second quarter of 2022.

GraalVM speeds up native image builds

GraalVM’s quick build mode for Native Image slashes builds times, but is recommended for development purposes only.

New HPE offerings aim to turbocharge machine-learning implementation

Machine Learning Development System and Swarm Learning address implementation pain points for enterprise users.

Google Cloud sales chief Rob Enslin is leaving for UiPath

The ex-SAP sales leader is leaving the cloud vendor at a time when it is investing heavily in an effort to catch up with rivals Microsoft and Amazon Web Services.

Low-code toolkit extends Salesforce platform to Slack apps

Salesforce Platform for Slack taps Salesforce development skills and Customer 360 platform capabilities for building Slack collaboration apps.

Google Cloud props up a slow start to the year for Alphabet

Search and cloud were bright spots in what were relatively weak results to start the year for the Google parent Alphabet.

Go language satisfaction is off the charts

More than 9 out of 10 Go developers are satisfied with the language, while lack of features and lack of libraries remain concerns, according to the results of the latest Go Developer Survey.

Red Hat ships Application Foundations for Kubernetes

Designed for Red Hat OpenShift, the toolkit provides application services and components for building containerized applications across cloud environments.

Google to donate Istio service mesh to the CNCF

Hot on the heels of donating the Knative serverless project, Google is submitting its open source service mesh technology to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

Devs For Ukraine to raise money for charities, NGOs operating in warzone

Eight organizations will receive the proceeds of an impromptu developer conference starting Monday April 25, aimed at providing relief for Ukrainians affected by the Russian invasion.

AWS Amplify adds visual development tool

AWS Amplify Studio gives developers a visual interface for building full-stack web and mobile apps by pointing and clicking.

AWS unveils ML-powered devops for AWS Lambda

Amazon DevOps Guru for Serverless uses machine learning to improve the operational availability and performance of AWS Lambda applications.

AWS launches $30M Impact Accelerator for minority-led startups

The cloud vendor's new program will provide cash and AWS credits for early stage startups led by female, Black, Latino, and LGBTQIA+ founders.

C# 11 previews raw string literals, dumps parameter null checking

Next version of Microsoft’s flagship .NET language promises a variety of new features for better productivity and better performance.

Microsoft unifies large-scale data management under Purview framework

The new “Microsoft Purview” brings company’s large organization-focused data management tools under one roof, and includes a host of new features.

Kubernetes support for dockershim to end on May 3

The latest version of the Kubernetes container orchestration platform will no longer natively support the Docker container runtime, marking a major change for users.

WebAssembly 2.0 begins to take shape

W3C publishes working drafts for Wasm core, JavaScript interface, and Web API details.

Node.js 18 updates OpenSSL support, enables fetch API

Experimental global fetch API that simplifies writing cross-platform HTTP request code is available by default in the latest version of the popular JavaScript runtime.

Clojure meets Dart in ClojureDart

A port of Clojure that compiles to Dart, ClojureDart aims to extend the use of Clojure to mobile and desktop applications.

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA adds dependency analyzer

IntelliJ Idea 2022.1 introduces feature to help Java developers detect and resolve dependency conflicts, in first major release of 2022.

Microsoft .NET 7 Preview 3 focuses on speedups

Full native ahead-of-time compilation, startup time, and GC overhead improvements get attention in the latest preview of the next major version of Microsoft’s software development platform.

Atlassian unveils Compass collaboration portal for developers

Due in beta soon, Compass is designed to help development teams deal with the complexity of a distributed software architecture.

Microsoft .NET MAUI release candidate available

Cross-platform framework for building mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML is scheduled for GA by end of June.

Atlassian Cloud outage hits 400 customers

Atlassian blamed a miscommunication and faulty script and said nearly half of the impacted users had been restored. It expects a full recovery for the rest within two weeks.

Why developers are joining the Great Resignation

Research from Salesforce's Mulesoft found that 93% of enterprises are struggling to retain skilled developers.

Neo4j’s new AuraDS brings managed data science services to Google Cloud

Neo4j's new managed service works with the company’s cloud-based graph database offering, AuraDB, providing a library of graph algorithms, machine learning pipelines, and data science methodologies for data scientists and developers.

Perforce to acquire infrastructure as code pioneer Puppet

Puppet is the latest infrastructure as code company to have been snapped up in recent years.

Redwood web framework hits 1.0 release milestone

Full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript framework builds on React, GraphQL, Prisma, and Storybook for Jamstack-style deployment.

GitHub enhances secret scanning for tighter code security

GitHub Advanced Security now allows developers to scan code for tokens, keys, and other security secrets as they push the code to a repository.

Databricks targets data pipeline automation with Delta Live Tables

Rust 2024 roadmap focuses on developer ease of use

The Rust language design team said that ‘flattening the learning curve’ could involve compiler improvements, improving async support, or extending the language or type system.

Google Cloud releases BigLake to unify data platforms

Google describes BigLake as a one-stop data platform that allows data analytics and data engineering on both structured and unstructured data.