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Sourcegraph: Universal code search and intelligence
How open source Sourcegraph helps developers increase programming productivity and improve code quality
6 Git mistakes you will make — and how to fix them
Shot yourself in the foot with the world's most popular version control system? Here's how to fix it
What’s new in Microsoft Visual Studio Code 1.41
Microsoft updates Visual Studio Code monthly. Keep track of the latest new features and improvements in this changelog
27 essential tips for Git and GitHub users
Smarter cloning, forking, merging, branching, documenting, collaboration, and workflow automation with Git and GitHub
Sourcetrail code navigator now free open source
Sourcetrail indexes source files to create a dependency graph, giving developers a graphical overview of their code
What is Python? Powerful, intuitive programming
Why the Python programming language shines for data science, machine learning, systems automation, web and API development, and more
Android Studio 4.0 backs native UI toolkit
Now available in a preview release, the Android Studio 4.0 ‘Canary’ upgrade works with the JetPack Compose UI toolkit and improves Java 8 support
DeepCode taps AI for code reviews
Cloud service analyzes commits to GitHub or Bitbucket and flags security, performance, logic, and compliance issues
Visual Studio Code updates Java support
Microsoft’s code editor adds new code navigation, code actions, code snippets, and refactoring features, along with Java 13 support
Visual Studio Code extensions for Docker and Kubernetes
Going cloud native? These VS Code extensions help smooth the way to building and running container-based apps locally or in the cloud
Google Bazel builds and tests Bazel 1.0
Open source build tool brings fast incremental builds to multiple languages, multiple platforms, and large code bases
JSON tools you don’t want to miss
Developers can choose from many great free and online tools for JSON formatting, validating, editing, and converting to other formats
What’s the Go language really good for?
Understand the strengths, weaknesses, use cases, and future directions of Google's hit programming language
LLVM 9.0.0 arrives with major improvements
LLVM compiler infrastructure project delivers optimizations for memory, pattern matching, and C++
Nim language reaches 1.0 status
Compiled, statically-typed systems programming language prizes efficiency, readability, and flexibility
Visual Studio Code vs. Sublime Text: How to choose
Do you want a maximum-flexible editor with just the right IDE features, or the fastest and most efficient editor you can find? You can have both
Rust vs. Go: How to choose
Do you want execution speed or developer speed? Memory safety or easy concurrency? How to decide between Rust and Go
