Paul Krill
Editor at Large
Paul Krill is an editor at large at InfoWorld, focusing on coverage of application development (desktop and mobile) and core web technologies such as Java.
Wasmer melds WebAssembly, Posix with WASIX spec
The superset of WASI can be used for apps and runtimes, offering a high-performance JavaScript alternative that runs in browsers and servers.
Latest Deno release supports NPM packages
Deno 1.34 improves NPM and Node.js compatibility and adds support for Globs, TLS certificates, and more.
PostgreSQL 16 advances query parallelism
Next major release of the major open source relational database, now in beta, brings performance improvements to query execution and to logical replication.
Microsoft Dev Box due this summer
Azure-hosted service allows developers to spin up project-specific Windows-based workstations on demand, with support for custom images and configuration-as-code capabilities.
Angular users want better server-side rendering
Angular Developer Survey 2022 marks server-side rendering, testing, debugging and profiling, component authoring format, and initial load performance as key areas for improvement.
Microsoft .NET 8 boosts Blazor, WebAssembly
Microsoft works to improve web app performance with Blazor server-side rendering and streaming rendering, Blazor WebAssembly runtime improvements.
Red Hat puts Podman container management on the desktop
Open-source GUI tool allows developers to create, deploy, and manage containers running locally or in remote Kubernetes clusters.
JDK 21: The new features in Java 21
Plans for Java 21, due in September, now include a key encapsulation mechanism API and deprecation of the 32-bit Windows port.
JetBrains adds iOS support to cross-platform UI framework
JetBrains’ Compose Multiplatform allows developers to build cross-platform user interfaces in Kotlin, and share them across Android and iOS or Windows and macOS.
TypeScript 5.1 release candidate arrives
TypeScript upgrade soothes pain points with easier implicit returns for undefined-returning functions and greater type flexibility for getters and setters.
Visual Studio updates shine on C++, Git, Wasm, and DX
Visual Studio 2022 17.6 brings significant performance, editor, and C++ enhancements, while a version 17.7 preview adds more productivity improvements.