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What is TOML? An easier way to configure Python apps and more
TOML makes writing configuration files simple, straightforward, and more human-readable than many other formats, including JSON.
Jetpack Compose 1.2 packs text improvements
Google toolkit for building native Android UIs toolkit enables more precise text alignment with font padding, introduces downloadable fonts API.
What is Quarto? RStudio rolls out next-generation R Markdown
R Markdown isn’t going away. But the Quarto publishing platform is as friendly to Python, Julia, and Observable JavaScript as it is to R.
Carbon language aims to be a better C++
Experimental successor to C++ strives for C++ performance and compatibility while avoiding its technical debt and ‘extreme difficulty’ to improve.
How to test minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core 6
ASP.NET Core 6 allows us to create APIs that include a bare minimum of files, features, and dependencies. Here’s how to test a minimal Web API.
Solana blockchain and the Proof of History
Solana is considered the fastest blockchain and competes with Ethereum for high-throughput, on-chain application development. Get started with Solana and its fast, innovative blockchain architecture.
RStudio unveils Shiny for Python
After 10 years as an R framework, the Shiny web framework is now available for Python in an alpha release.
RStudio changes name to Posit, expands focus to include Python and VS Code
RStudio is updating its name as it aims to expand use of its commercial products among data science teams using both Python and R.
Better type checking and more in Deno 1.24
The latest release of the Node.js rival features improved transpiler performance, smarter type checking, and debugging and fallback error handling support.
Build SBOMs with Microsoft’s SPDX SBOM generator
Microsoft is making its internal, cross-platform, software bill of materials generation tool public and open source.
Visualizing the Hacker News API with HCL and SQL
Use Steampipe and GitHub Actions to create a ‘dashboard as code’ for exploring thousands of Hacker News stories, right up to the current hour.
JDK 19: The new features in Java 19
A non-LTS release due in September, Java 19 will feature structured concurrency, virtual threads, pattern matching for switch expressions, a vector API, and a Linux/RISC-V port.
Java 7 reaches end of life
Extended support is expiring for a Java variant that is more than a decade old.
3 application modernization mistakes to avoid
Using application modernization to pursue cloud-native development at all costs or to gain portability and avoid vendor lock-in are expensive decisions.
How to use the Command pattern in Java
Learn how to use the Command pattern to encapsulate requests as objects that you can execute alone or in sequence in your Java programs.
7 biggest Kubernetes security mistakes
The most dangerous security holes are often the most basic. Start improving your Kubernetes security posture by fixing these simple mistakes.
Why database design choices matter to developers
Rather than punt database design decisions to a cloud service or third-party provider, understand what you want to achieve and how best to deliver on that goal.
How observability tools help with legacy software
Legacy software isn't just dusty code on mainframes. It's the stuff you wrote a few months or years ago. Observability tools and good documentation help find and fix problems.
Manage morale, not metrics, for more effective engineering teams
Management is obsessed with measuring everything, and this obsession is sabotaging the quality solutions that software engineering teams can craft.
