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New ‘StoatWaffle’ malware auto‑executes attacks on developers

The newly observed malware abuses VS Code’s “runOn:folderOpen” feature to execute automatically from trusted projects, enabling near-frictionless compromise.

By Shweta Sharma

Mar 24, 20263 mins

DeveloperMalwareSecurity

Google introduces API for faster Kotlin builds

Currently in alpha, Kotlin Symbol Processing is an API for building lightweight compiler plug-ins in Kotlin.

By Paul Krill

Feb 18, 2021 2 mins

Kotlin Programming Languages Technology Industry

Go 1.16 arrives with library, runtime enhancements

Forthcoming update to the Google-created open source programming language also introduces support for Apple Silicon.

By Paul Krill

Feb 17, 2021 3 mins

Golang Programming Languages Software Development

Swift for TensorFlow project shuts down

Google pulls the plug on effort to integrate the Swift language and TensorFlow machine learning library, while citing multiple achievements.

By Paul Krill

Feb 17, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools Machine Learning Swift

Google Cloud funds Python projects

Google Cloud donation to Python Software Foundation will support CPython maintenance, foundational Python tools, and malware detection for the PyPI package repo.

By Paul Krill

Feb 16, 2021 2 mins

Google Cloud Platform Python Software Development

Entry-level software developer? Learn React to get that first job

Go and Kotlin are also good bets for developers with just a few years of experience — not Java.

By Scott Carey

Feb 16, 2021 3 mins

Golang Java JavaScript

Go language gets graph-based ORM

Called ent, the open source entity framework features an API for modeling any database schema or graph structure as Go objects.

By Paul Krill

Feb 11, 2021 2 mins

Golang Programming Languages Software Development

Rust language moves to independent foundation

Rust Foundation takes over Rust language stewardship from Mozilla and will host Rust infrastructure assets.

By Paul Krill

Feb 9, 2021 2 mins

Programming Languages Rust Software Development

Homebrew 3 brings Apple Silicon support

Open source package manager for MacOS and Linux introduces official support for Apple Silicon and a new bottle syntax format.

By Paul Krill

Feb 8, 2021 2 mins

Software Development

GitHub increases developer’s cut of GitHub Marketplace sales

Software developers will get a 95% share of the sales of their apps in the GitHub Marketplace, up from 75%.

By Paul Krill

Feb 5, 2021 2 mins

Software Development Version Control Systems

Visual Studio Code 1.53 brings customizable search mode

JavaScript debugging improvements also highlighted in latest upgrade to the open source code editor.

By Paul Krill

Feb 4, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools JavaScript

Microsoft Azure Quantum opens for public preview

Microsoft’s quantum computing platform has been used for applications including cancer research, logistics and freight optimization, and risk management.

By Paul Krill

Feb 3, 2021 1 min

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Quantum Computing

Oracle adds GraalVM to Java subscription

High-performance multi-language runtime will be bundled with Java SE at no extra cost.

By Paul Krill

Feb 3, 2021 2 mins

Java Software Development Technology Industry

NPM CLI 7 arrives with Workspaces

Long-requested Workspaces feature supports managing multiple packages from within a singular top-level, root package.

By Paul Krill

Feb 2, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development

Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda answers 2 key questions

The Kubernetes co-creator wants the container orchestration software to be as ‘boring’ as the Linux kernel and easier to configure as we move into the next phase of adoption.

By Scott Carey

Feb 2, 2021 4 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Microsoft forms Rust language team

The company seeks software engineers to work on improving Rust compilers and tools for internal product groups, and to interact with the broader Rust community.

By Paul Krill

Feb 1, 2021 2 mins

Microsoft .NET Programming Languages Rust

Angular adds error codes, debugging guides

Angular 11.1.0 point release introduces standardized error codes, with error descriptions and debugging guides provided online.

By Paul Krill

Jan 29, 2021 1 min

JavaScript Software Development Web Development

Patrick J. McGovern Foundation invests in AI for public good

Organization pledges $40 million for initiatives to help nonprofits and NGOs benefit from data science and to foster the responsible and inclusive use of data and AI.

By Paul Krill

Jan 29, 2021 2 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Data Science

JFrog devops users freed from Docker Hub image-pull limits

JFrog partnership with Docker gives JFrog Devops Platform users unlimited access to Docker Hub and Docker Official images.

By Paul Krill

Jan 29, 2021 2 mins

Devops Software Development

Sentry for JavaScript monitors release health

Update to the Sentry SDK for JavaScript error and performance monitoring adds release tracking and WebAssembly support.

By Paul Krill

Jan 27, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development Web Development

Deno 1.7 brings compilation improvements

Secure-by-default Node.js alternative now supports cross-compilation among supported platforms and generates significantly smaller binaries.

By Paul Krill

Jan 27, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Software Development

Microsoft paves the way to Windows APIs

Win32 Metadata project aims to enable automated projections of valid Windows API signatures for C#, C++, Rust, and other languages.

By Paul Krill

Jan 26, 2021 2 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Microsoft Visual Studio 16.9 preview enhances C++ tooling

Latest update to Microsoft’s signature IDE adds command line tools for C++, MVVM tools for XAML, and IntelliSense improvements.

By Paul Krill

Jan 25, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools Programming Languages Software Development

GraalVM boosts Java performance with Truffle framework

Java on Truffle in GraalVM 21 brings Java up to snuff with Python, Ruby, and JavaScript on the multi-language virtual machine.

By Paul Krill

Jan 21, 2021 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Entity Framework Core 6 plans take shape

Developers of Microsoft’s open source data access framework eye performance boost, SQL Server temporal table support, JSON columns for late 2021 release.

By Paul Krill

Jan 20, 2021 2 mins

Microsoft .NET Software Development

.NET nanoFramework taps C# for embedded systems

Follow-up to .NET Micro Framework brings IoT, wearables, and robotics development to .NET developers and Visual Studio.

By Paul Krill

Jan 19, 2021 2 mins

C# Development Tools Microsoft .NET

Google Cloud named best performing cloud for 2021

Google Cloud edged AWS and Azure in Cockroach Labs’ 2021 report, which compares the big three cloud providers on performance and cost using online transaction processing benchmarks.

By Scott Carey

Jan 15, 2021 2 mins

Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Technology Industry

Google’s Go language could add generics later this year

A proposal to add generic programming to Go using type parameters is the latest attempt to add a long-sought capability that would make the language easier to use.

By Paul Krill

Jan 13, 2021 3 mins

Golang Programming Languages Software Development

Angular 12 looks to improve deployment integrations

Better error messages, distribution of Ivy libraries to NPM also on the drawing board for the web development framework.

By Paul Krill

Jan 12, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development

Vno brings Vue to Deno

Third-party Deno module compiles and bundles Vue components in a Deno runtime, overcoming issues of unfamiliarity and incompatibility.

By Paul Krill

Jan 12, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development

Tokio Rust runtime reaches 1.0 status

Asynchronous runtime for Rust programming language provides building blocks for developing fast and reliable networking applications.

By Paul Krill

Jan 8, 2021 2 mins

Programming Languages Software Development

Microsoft .NET JSON serializer could get faster startup

Improved throughput and reduced application size are also on the drawing board for the System.Text.Json serializer.

By Paul Krill

Jan 8, 2021 2 mins

C# Data Management Microsoft .NET

Server-side WebAssembly runtime reaches GA status

Promising faster compilation and production-ready performance, Wasmer 1.0 allows universal binaries compiled from native code to run in lightweight containers on multiple host platforms.

By Paul Krill

Jan 7, 2021 2 mins

Programming Languages Software Development Web Development

PyCharm Python IDE backs Apple Silicon

Latest upgrade to the JetBrains IDE for Python development brings support for new Mac hardware and fixes multiple bugs.

By Paul Krill

Jan 5, 2021 1 min

Python Software Development

Python edges C++ for Tiobe’s programming language of the year

Tiobe index of programming language popularity identified Python and C++ as the languages with the greatest increases in popularity in 2020.

By Paul Krill

Jan 5, 2021 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Python

Ruby 3 brings parallel execution

Major Ruby update introduces an experimental feature called Ractor that promises thread-safe parallel execution

By Paul Krill

Jan 4, 2021 2 mins

Ruby Software Development

Bash 5.1 brings back older behavior

Major update to the Unix and Linux shell returns to Bash 4.4 pathname expansion and fixes a number of crashing bugs.

By Paul Krill

Dec 28, 2020 2 mins

Open Source Software Development

GitHub.com dumps non-essential cookies

To improve site usability for developers, the popular codesharing site has eliminated cookies related to tracking, advertising, and other non-essential uses.

By Paul Krill

Dec 17, 2020 1 min

Software Development Version Control Systems

Microsoft seeks to build trust in third-party .NET libraries

Recognizing that the open source .NET ecosystem is not as strong as it could be, the company wants to work with developers of third-party .NET libraries to improve their quality.

By Paul Krill

Dec 17, 2020 3 mins

Microsoft .NET Software Development

Visual Studio Code adds extension troubleshooting

Latest monthly update to Microsoft’s open source code editor features an extension bisect feature that uses a binary search algorithm to quickly identify an extension causing trouble.

By Paul Krill

Dec 15, 2020 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Adobe Flash reaches end of life

The once-ubiquitous technology for displaying rich media content in web browsers and mobile devices will no longer be supported in 2021.

By Paul Krill

Dec 14, 2020 2 mins

Software Development Web Development

ActiveJ Java platform takes aim at Spring, Quarkus

High-performance Java platform born in ad-tech is geared toward high-load web, cloud, networking, and microservices applications

By Paul Krill

Dec 10, 2020 2 mins

Java Software Development

Eclipse weighs Java 11 support for Jakarta EE 9

Open source enterprise Java project considers dependency injection improvements and higher performance code for version 10

By Paul Krill

Dec 9, 2020 2 mins

Java Software Development

Enterprise Java gets a new namespace

With the transition to the jakarta namespace and Jakarta EE 9, the enterprise Java ecosystem prepares for the development of cloud-native Jakarta EE 10.

By Paul Krill

Dec 8, 2020 2 mins

Java Software Development

Fable F# to JavaScript compiler improves usability, speed

The Fable 3 ‘Nagareyama’ release promises to be easier to use and to cut compilation speed in half.

By Paul Krill

Dec 7, 2020 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development

Microsoft rolls out data governance service on Azure

Azure Purview automates the discovery and cataloging of data on-premises, in the cloud, and in SaaS applications.

By Paul Krill

Dec 4, 2020 2 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Technology Industry

GitHub expects 100 million software developers by 2025

GitHub’s 2020 State of the Octoverse report indicates more developer activity and open source contributions coming from outside the United States.

By Paul Krill

Dec 3, 2020 2 mins

Open Source Software Development Version Control Systems

Salesforce targets public clouds with Hyperforce

The SaaS CRM vendor is taking the first steps toward moving customers out of its own data centers and into those of its public cloud partners.

By Scott Carey

Dec 3, 2020 3 mins

Cloud Computing

It’s official: UK developers worked more than ever in 2020

GitHub’s 2020 State of the Octoverse report shows that developers worked more than ever this year as remote working became the norm around the world.

By Scott Carey

Dec 3, 2020 4 mins

Software Development Version Control Systems

Oracle adds analytics to MySQL in the cloud

Oracle MySQL Database Service with the MySQL Analytics Engine combines OLTP and OLAP in the same MySQL database in the Oracle Cloud

By Paul Krill

Dec 2, 2020 2 mins

Cloud Computing Databases

AWS re:Invent: AWS gets more hybrid, but not multicloud

The cloud giant announced several new options for customers to ease deployment and management of container-based and serverless applications, but stopped short of easing compatibility with cloud rivals.

By Scott Carey

Dec 1, 2020 5 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing