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.

Spin 1.0 aims to simplify WebAssembly microservices

Oracle Helidon taps virtual threads for ‘pure performance’

Oracle Helidon taps virtual threads for ‘pure performance’

Version 4.0.0 of Oracle’s Java microservices framework introduces a web server based on virtual threads, which promise both outstanding performance and simpler programming.

Visual Studio Code 1.76 shines on usability, pytest

Visual Studio Code 1.76 shines on usability, pytest

February 2023 release of Microsoft’s code editor enhances usability for profiles and remote development, improves IntelliSense for pytest in the Pylance extension.

JDK 20: The new features in Java 20

JDK 20: The new features in Java 20

The latest upgrade of standard Java, now available in a production release, incubates or previews a number of new capabilities including virtual threads and structured concurrency.

Oracle: Java subscribers can renew under old terms

Oracle: Java subscribers can renew under old terms

Existing Oracle Java SE licensees may continue with their per-processor or per-user plans, and do not have to move to the new per-employee subscription, Oracle says.

What’s new in TypeScript 5.0

What’s new in TypeScript 5.0

Latest upgrade to Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript, rebuilt to use ECMAScript modules, promises to be smaller, faster, and simpler.

.NET 8 Preview 2 brings Blazor performance boosts

.NET 8 Preview 2 brings Blazor performance boosts

ASP.NET Core improvements in the second .NET 8 preview include a high-performance Blazor component for displaying tabular data and partial JIT compilation for Blazor WebAssembly apps.

TypeScript 5.0 rebuilt to use ECMAScript modules

TypeScript 5.0 rebuilt to use ECMAScript modules

With TypeScript 5.0, the TypeScript development team has restructured the entire codebase to use ECMAScript modules, reducing package size and improving performance.

Eclipse Java downloads skyrocket

Eclipse Java downloads skyrocket

Eclipse Foundation reports more than 12 million downloads of its Temurin Java SE binaries per month over the past three months.

What’s new in Rust 1.68

What’s new in Rust 1.68

Rust was designed to make it easy to develop fast and safe system-level software. Here’s what’s new.

GitHub begins 2FA rollout

GitHub begins 2FA rollout

GitHub will begin selecting accounts for enrollment in two-factor authentication next week. All users will be required to use 2FA by year-end.

Microsoft introduces reliable web app pattern for .NET cloud apps

Microsoft introduces reliable web app pattern for .NET cloud apps

Microsoft’s reliable web app pattern is a set of best practices for migrating ASP.NET web applications to its Azure cloud.

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