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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

MariaDB Platform X3 combines transaction processing and analytics

MariaDB has fused its relational and column-store databases into one, with data automatically synced between workload types

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 16, 2019 2 mins

Analytics Databases SQL

What to do when free Java 8 updates end

You have five paid options—from Amazon, Azul, IBM, Oracle, and Red Hat—to get support for the most used version of JDK

By Paul Krill

Jan 15, 2019 3 mins

Development Tools Java Open Source

Mozilla launches CSS Flexbox inspector

The powerful but complex flexible-elements CSS feature stumps many developers

By Paul Krill

Jan 15, 2019 1 min

Software Development Web Development

What to do when free Java 8 updates end

You have four paid options—from Azul, IBM, Oracle, and Red Hat—to get support for the most used version of JDK

By Paul Krill

Jan 14, 2019 2 mins

Amazon Web Services Java Technology Industry

TypeScript roadmap: Microsoft’s plans for 2019

Improvements are under consideration for core type system, linting, and error messages

By Paul Krill

Jan 11, 2019 3 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Technology Industry

DoneJS JavaScript framework gets faster

Its incremental rendering capability splits apps into static and dynamic content

By Paul Krill

Jan 9, 2019 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development Web Development

GitHub offers free private repos for small projects

The code-sharing site also linked its separate cloud and on-premises products into one enterprise service

By Paul Krill

Jan 8, 2019 1 min

Development Tools Software Development Version Control Systems

Python’s popularity surges as a mainstay language

Java, C, C++, VisualBasic.Net, Kotlin, Matlab, Rust, and TypeScript also gain while Ruby and F# slip

By Paul Krill

Jan 8, 2019 3 mins

Agile Development Development Tools Python

Python’s popularity surges as a mainstay language

Java, C, C++, VisualBasic.Net, Kotlin, Matlab, Rust, and TypeScript also gain while Ruby and F# slip

By Paul Krill

Jan 7, 2019 3 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

What’s new in Ruby 2.6

The dynamic web language gets a just-in-time compiler—with a twist

By Paul Krill

Jan 4, 2019 3 mins

Ruby Software Development Web Development

NetBeans 10 adds support for latest Java and PHP

Key to NetBeans 10 is enhanced support for Java Development Kit (JDK) 11 as well as capabilities for PHP and the JUnit 5 testing framework for Java

By Paul Krill

Jan 3, 2019 2 mins

Development Tools Java Open Source

PyOxidizer uses Rust to make Python executables

A new project written in Rust aims to make it easier to distribute Python applications as standalone binaries

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 3, 2019 2 mins

Open Source Programming Languages Python

NetBeans 10 adds support for latest Java and PHP

Key to NetBeans 10 is enhanced support for Java Development Kit (JDK) 11 as well as capabilities for PHP and the JUnit 5 testing framework for Java

By Paul Krill

Jan 3, 2019 2 mins

Java JavaScript PHP

Python to be guided by a steering council

An expected light touch may mean developers won’t notice much difference in how the language evolves

By Paul Krill

Dec 25, 2018 3 mins

Open Source Python Software Development

Python to be guided by a steering council

An expected light touch may mean developers won’t notice much difference in how the language evolves

By Paul Krill

Dec 21, 2018 3 mins

Python Software Development

VirtualBox 6.0 exports VMs to the cloud—but only Oracle Cloud

Update to Oracle’s open source virtualization platform also streamlines the UI and eases file management between hosts and guests

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 20, 2018 2 mins

Open Source Software Development Technology Industry

Red Hat offers support for open source Java on Windows

Pricing is not disclosed for the new OpenJDK support program

By Paul Krill

Dec 20, 2018 1 min

Java Open Source Technology Industry

Microsoft puts desktop apps in containers with Windows Sandbox

A new feature for Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise lets you run untrusted desktop apps in isolated environments more flexible than VMs

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 19, 2018 2 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Clojure 1.10 upgrade supports modern Java

Functional JVM language offers more detail on programming errors

By Paul Krill

Dec 19, 2018 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Red Hat offers support for open source Java on Windows

Pricing is not disclosed for the new OpenJDK support program

By Paul Krill

Dec 19, 2018 1 min

Java Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

JDK 12 beta: The new features coming to Java 12

The first beta builds are available, with switch expressions to improve coding and allow pattern matching, and raw string literals to simplify multiline expressions

By Paul Krill

Dec 17, 2018 8 mins

APIs Java Open Source

PyText builds on PyTorch for language recognition

A Facebook project for natural language processing is now open source, and it promises better ways to mine texts for meaning

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 14, 2018 2 mins

Machine Learning Open Source Python

Salesforce releases JavaScript-friendly Lightning to bypass Aura’s limits

Lightning Web Components is a programming model to ease JavaScript coding on the Lightning Platform

By Paul Krill

Dec 14, 2018 2 mins

Development Tools JavaScript Software Development

Java 12 could ax raw string literals

The beta capability won’t be ready in time for the March 2019 upgrade

By Paul Krill

Dec 13, 2018 2 mins

Java Open Source Software Development

Java 12 could ax raw string literals

The beta capability won’t be ready in time for the March 2019 upgrade

By Paul Krill

Dec 13, 2018 2 mins

Java Software Development

GitHub improves its status reporting

More granular information will be provided on site issues

By Paul Krill

Dec 12, 2018 2 mins

Software Development Version Control Systems

Google Go roadmap: What to expect in Versions 2 and 1.13

Major themes emerging for Go 2 include support for better error-handling and generics

By Paul Krill

Dec 6, 2018 2 mins

Development Tools Golang Web Development

Google Go roadmap: What to expect in Versions 2 and 1.13

Major themes emerging for Go 2 include support for better error-handling and generics

By Paul Krill

Dec 6, 2018 2 mins

Golang Software Development

AWS piles on the machine learning services

Hosted TensorFlow, pay-as-you-go inference serving, reinforcement learning, and automatic data labeling come to the Amazon cloud

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 4, 2018 3 mins

Amazon Web Services Java Machine Learning

Docker, Microsoft unveil deployment standard for cloud-native applications

Cloud-Native Application Bundles project offers a standard way to define complex, containerized applications for a variety of environments

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 4, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing Open Source Technology Industry

Microsoft open-sources WPF, WinForms, and WinUI XAML

Developers will be able to contribute to these technologies on GitHub, as well as build a private copy of the UI stack

By Paul Krill

Dec 4, 2018 2 mins

Development Tools Open Source Small and Medium Business

Visual Basic.Net soars but may tumble soon

Although professional developers don’t think much of the language, Visual Basic.Net has many dedicated office applications

By Paul Krill

Dec 4, 2018 2 mins

Microsoft .NET Programming Languages Software Development

What’s new in AWS Lambda

Lambda Layers provides code management and Lambda Runtime API provides custom runtime selection

By Paul Krill

Nov 30, 2018 3 mins

Amazon Web Services Golang Microsoft .NET

State of JavaScript: ECMAScript 6 rules

Developers are happy with JavaScript, have mixed feelings about Angular, and are very interested in GraphQL

By Paul Krill

Nov 30, 2018 4 mins

Development Tools JavaScript Software Development

Amazon now has its own version of Java: Corretto

The Corretto 8 beta is now available, though its initial feature set is several years old

By Paul Krill

Nov 29, 2018 2 mins

Amazon Web Services Java Software Development

Java proposal would spot data races with a thread sanitizer

The effort would explore possibilities for integrating HotSpot and the JVM tool interface with performance monitoring and analysis

By Paul Krill

Nov 29, 2018 2 mins

Java Software Development

Amazon now has its own version of Java: Corretto

The Corretto 8 beta is now available, though its initial feature set is several years old

By Paul Krill

Nov 29, 2018 2 mins

Amazon Web Services Java Software Development

AWS piles on the machine learning services

Hosted TensorFlow, pay-as-you-go inference serving, reinforcement learning, and automatic data labeling come to the Amazon cloud

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 28, 2018 3 mins

Amazon Web Services Analytics Machine Learning

AWS adds blockchain and time-series databases

With three major functional upgrades to existing databases as well, the full complement of purpose-built AWS databases is now 15

By Matt Asay

Nov 28, 2018 5 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Databases

Rust language is too hard to learn and use, says user survey

A survey of Rust users finds difficulty and frustration with the language’s highly touted features for memory safety and correctness

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 28, 2018 3 mins

Open Source Programming Languages Software Development

Java proposal would spot data races with a thread sanitizer

The effort would explore possibilities for integrating HotSpot and the JVM tool interface with performance monitoring and analysis

By Paul Krill

Nov 28, 2018 2 mins

Java Software Development

GitHub alternative strives to be all open source, only open source

Git-based code hosting project Sr.ht aims to blend the best of GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, while sticking with a copyleft license

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 27, 2018 2 mins

Development Tools Open Source Software Development

What’s new in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

Highlights in Visual Studio 15.9 include improvements for Universal Windows Platform development and C++ debugging.

By Paul Krill

Nov 26, 2018 13 mins

C++ Development Tools Technology Industry

GitHub alternative strives to be all open source, only open source

Git-based code hosting project Sr.ht aims to blend the best of GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, while sticking with a copyleft license

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 16, 2018 2 mins

Development Tools Open Source Version Control Systems

First Houdini APIs for CSS layout debut

The W3C effort is meant to give developers more control over how a web page looks

By Paul Krill

Nov 16, 2018 1 min

APIs Software Development Web Development

What’s new in Google’s V8 JavaScript engine Version 7

The V8 Version 7.1 beta focuses on memory and performance improvements

By Paul Krill

Nov 15, 2018 9 mins

Development Tools JavaScript Web Development

Google investigates faster, more-private webpage transitions

The Chrome team works on specs for fast loading and multipage sites

By Paul Krill

Nov 15, 2018 2 mins

Software Development Technology Industry Web Development

C# roadmap: What to expect in Microsoft.Net’s C# 8.0

Index types, nullable reference types, default interfaces, and async streams should improve code quality and make software more flexible over the long term

By Paul Krill

Nov 14, 2018 3 mins

C# Microsoft .NET Technology Industry