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OpenAI’s desktop superapp: The end of ChatGPT as we know it?

A product consolidation raises bigger questions about where OpenAI is really headed.

By Gyana Swain

Mar 20, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsSoftware Development

Developers react to GitHub Copilot

The Microsoft subsidiary has been working with OpenAI to build an AI tool that helps developers write code by making automated suggestions. Here’s what the early users make of it.

By Scott Carey

Jul 8, 2021 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Software Development

GitHub unveils AI coding assistant for Visual Studio Code

GitHub Copilot is an OpenAI-powered Visual Studio Code extension that can suggest lines of code or entire functions as you type.

By Paul Krill

Jul 2, 2021 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Version Control Systems

Accessibility improvements coming to Visual Studio

Microsoft is looking to improve the accessibility of its flagship IDE with features such as audio cues, whitespace rendering controls, and a focus mode for eliminating notifications and other distractions.

By Paul Krill

Jul 1, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Red Hat OpenShift 4.8 shines on CI/CD, serverless functions

Update to the Kubernetes-based application development platform also features sandboxed containers, which run in a lightweight virtual machine.

By Paul Krill

Jun 30, 2021 2 mins

Cloud Computing PaaS Software Development

Gaia-X: Will the European data cloud fail?

The basic services for Gaia-X have been defined. But the project is only making slow progress, and the critical voices are getting louder.

By Martin Bayer

Jun 29, 2021 5 mins

Cloud Computing Data Governance

Kotlin gains Java coding enhancements

Kotlin 1.5.20 adds experimental support for Java libraries that help to reduce boilerplate coding and to maintain null safety when interoperating with Java code.

By Paul Krill

Jun 29, 2021 2 mins

Java Kotlin Programming Languages

GitHub Container Registry available for production use

Part of GitHub Packages, the service for publishing and managing Docker and OCI container images will remain free for the time being.

By Paul Krill

Jun 28, 2021 2 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Software Development

What’s new in Angular 12

Angular 12.1 update adds compiler support for shorthand property declarations and fixes for the compiler, compiler CLI, router, and service workers.

By Paul Krill

Jun 25, 2021 4 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Software Development

State of AI report finds AI is now core to business success

Appen survey of business leaders and data scientists indicates that AI initiatives are delivering business value but challenges still exist.

By Zeus Kerravala

Jun 25, 2021 5 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

Deno Company unveils server-side JavaScript hosting service

Available free in an early beta stage, Deno Deploy allows developers to deploy Deno-based web applications across 25 data centers around the world.

By Paul Krill

Jun 24, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development Web Development

ECMAScript 2021 spec for JavaScript crosses the finish line

Latest version of the official specification for JavaScript introduces enhancements to strings, promises, and object references.

By Paul Krill

Jun 23, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Software Development

Next.js 11 boasts faster startup

Next.js creator Vercel also introduced a preview of Next.js Live, a browser-based development server with a cloud-based collaboration layer.

By Paul Krill

Jun 22, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development Web Development

Microsoft previews 64-bit Visual Studio 2022 IDE

Company seeks feedback on the planned next version of its flagship integrated software development environment.

By Paul Krill

Jun 22, 2021 2 mins

C# Development Tools Microsoft .NET

Eclipse launches group to shepherd popular Java IDE

The panel, featuring IBM, will look to ensure that the popular dev tool meets market needs.

By Paul Krill

Jun 17, 2021 2 mins

Java Open Source

Visual Studio Code adds Workplace Trust for code editing safety

The latest version of Microsoft’s editor also focuses on debugging capabilities.

By Paul Krill

Jun 11, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Oracle offers Java management service

Enterprise installations can be monitored for compliance, performance, and security.

By Paul Krill

Jun 11, 2021 2 mins

Java Technology Industry

Use the new R pipe built into R 4.1

Learn the new pipe operator built into R 4.1 and how it differs from the maggritr pipe. Don’t want to install R 4.1 yet? See how to run R 4.1 in a Docker container.

By Sharon Machlis

Jun 10, 2021 5 mins

Analytics Data Science R Language

Microsoft equips Visual Studio Code with extension for Project Tye microservices

The experimental tool helps with viewing, running, and debugging apps from within the editor.

By Paul Krill

Jun 10, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools Microsoft .NET Software Development

Apple Xcode 13 supports teams, Swift concurrency

Latest version of Apple’s IDE backs Xcode Cloud CI/CD, team development features, and Swift concurrent programming using async/await and actors.

By Paul Krill

Jun 9, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools Swift Technology Industry

Apple Xcode Cloud brings CI/CD to Xcode IDE

Xcode Cloud allows Apple developers to build apps and run automated tests in parallel in the cloud, directly from Xcode.

By Paul Krill

Jun 8, 2021 2 mins

Build Automation Swift Technology Industry

IBM Python toolkit measures AI uncertainty

IBM’s Uncertainty Qualification 360 is an open source library of Python algorithms for quantifying, estimating, and communicating the uncertainty of machine learning models.

By Paul Krill

Jun 7, 2021 2 mins

Machine Learning Python Technology Industry

Go fuzz to catch hard-to-find bugs in Go

Native Go fuzz testing tool is now ready for beta testing but won’t be included in upcoming release of the language.

By Paul Krill

Jun 7, 2021 2 mins

App Testing Application Security Golang

JFrog unveils software distribution service

New addition to the JFrog devops platform promises to speed up software deployments, updates, and concurrent downloads across hybrid infrastructure, edges, and IoT devices.

By Paul Krill

Jun 3, 2021 2 mins

Build Automation Devops Software Development

Angular team streamlines feature requests

Feature requests will be reviewed for alignment with existing projects on the Angular roadmap, then prioritized or put through a 60-day voting process.

By Paul Krill

Jun 2, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Open Source Web Development

Google boosts V8 JavaScript performance

‘Super-fast’ non-optimizing Sparkplug compiler, which compiles bytecode to machine code, makes its debut in V8 9.1 and Chrome 91.

By Paul Krill

Jun 1, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Technology Industry Web Development

TypeScript 4.3 brings type specification for properties

Latest upgrade to Microsoft’s typed JavaScript also introduces an override keyword and improvements to template string types.

By Paul Krill

May 27, 2021 3 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Web Development

Microsoft’s Java build turns GA

After an April preview, Microsoft Build for OpenJDK is now generally available for production deployment.

By Paul Krill

May 27, 2021 2 mins

Java Open Source Technology Industry

Visual Studio 2019 upgrade brings C++ 20 support

Microsoft said its compiler and standard library are feature-complete for C++ 20 in Visual Studio 2019 16.10, while a 16.11 preview centers on Hot Reload and .NET MAUI.

By Paul Krill

May 27, 2021 3 mins

C++ Development Tools Microsoft .NET

Eclipse Jakarta EE 9.1 aligns with Java 11

Jakarta Enterprise Edition 9.1 allows developers to use Java SE 11 features in Jakarta EE applications and migrate Jakarta EE apps to Java SE 11 without changes.

By Paul Krill

May 25, 2021 2 mins

Java Libraries and Frameworks Open Source

Google preps new web platform APIs

New APIs for app launching, file handling, page prerendering, graphical transitions, and GPU support will first become available as Chrome origin trial experiments.

By Paul Krill

May 21, 2021 2 mins

Software Development Technology Industry Web Development

Google unveils DevTools extension for Angular

Angular DevTools is a new Chrome extension that provides debugging and profiling capabilities for Angular applications.

By Paul Krill

May 20, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Software Development

Google Flutter gains sound null safety, payments plug-in

Version 2.2 of the UI toolkit for building Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, macOS, web, and embedded applications was unveiled at Google I/O this week.

By Paul Krill

May 19, 2021 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Mobile Development Web Development

Google Vertex AI unifies cloud machine learning toolkit

Vertex AI brings together all of the Google Cloud services for building machine learning under one unified UI and API.

By Paul Krill

May 18, 2021 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Machine Learning

Rust 2021 edition promises better ‘feel’

Third edition of the Rust programming language tees up a number of small changes expected to significantly improve the developer experience.

By Paul Krill

May 17, 2021 2 mins

Programming Languages Rust Software Development

Scala 3 ushers in ‘complete overhaul’ of the language

The latest upgrade of the popular functional language for JVM and JavaScript runtimes features a new type system, new language features, and scads of syntax improvements.

By Paul Krill

May 14, 2021 3 mins

Java JavaScript Scala

Python’s creators unveil speedup plans for Python

Incremental improvements are on the way that promise to speed up Python by a factor of 2x to 5x, and remain compatible with existing code.

By Serdar Yegulalp

May 13, 2021 3 mins

Open Source Programming Languages Python

Deno 1.10 overhauls test runner

Latest version of the JavaScript and TypeScript runtime introduces the ability to run test modules in isolation, along with other testing improvements.

By Paul Krill

May 13, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Software Development

Babel project is running out of money

The core team behind the open source JavaScript compiler seek corporate sponsors to fund the continued development of the project.

By Paul Krill

May 12, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Open Source Programming Languages

Kotlin 1.5.0 arrives with JVM records, sealed interfaces

Kotlin upgrade also stabilizes the JVM IR compiler and APIs for unsigned integer types and their functions.

By Paul Krill

May 7, 2021 2 mins

Java Kotlin Programming Languages

Visual Studio Code 1.56 improves hover feedback, debugging

April 2021 release of Microsoft’s open source code editor also improves Docker support for remote development scenarios.

By Paul Krill

May 7, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Instagram open sources high-performance Python fork

By making the Cinder project publicly available, the company wants to open conversation about upstreaming its performance optimizations to standard Python.

By Paul Krill

May 6, 2021 2 mins

Open Source Programming Languages Python

Pyston project open sources its faster Python

Pyston 2.2 yields a roughly 30% speed improvement over standard CPython, and the software is now available under an open source license.

By Serdar Yegulalp

May 6, 2021 2 mins

Open Source Programming Languages Python

Microsoft fleshes out Power Apps

Cloud-hosted low-code development platform adds custom pages, organization-wide app sharing, and an app designer for building model-driven apps from tables, charts, forms, and other components.

By Paul Krill

May 5, 2021 2 mins

Cloud Computing No Code and Low Code Technology Industry

Splunk bundles ‘smart’ telemetry dashboards for cloud-native development

The logging and monitoring specialist has released Observability Cloud, to help customers gain end-to-end observability across a range of enterprise systems and applications.

By Scott Carey

May 5, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Software Development

JetBrains previews Jetpack Compose for Web

Jetpack Compose for Web brings Google’s toolkit for building reactive user interfaces with Kotlin to the web browser.

By Paul Krill

May 5, 2021 2 mins

Kotlin Software Development Web Development

Next.js taps Webpack 5 for faster builds

Next.js 10.2 expands the use of Webpack 5 to improve disk caching, fast refresh, and tree shaking. Upgrade also improves startup performance.

By Paul Krill

May 4, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development Web Development

Microsoft previews Azure service for building WebSocket applications

Azure Web PubSub allows developers to use WebSockets and a publish-subscribe pattern to build real-time web applications such as live monitoring dashboards, live location finding, and live chat.

By Paul Krill

Apr 30, 2021 2 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development