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Developer survey: JavaScript and Python reign, but Rust is rising
More than 20,000 developers in 166 countries participated in the SlashData survey, which found that Rust's usage nearly quadrupled over the past 24 months.
Kotlin 1.7.0 beta alters builder type inference
A new memory manager is also featured in the planned language upgrade.
Kotlin 1.6.20 arrives with better Java class interop
Latest update to the versatile language from JetBrains offers improvements for JVM, JavaScript, and native development.
JetBrains launches cross-platform UI framework for Kotlin
Compose Multiplatform 1.0 allows developers to build user interfaces for the desktop, Android, and web from a single codebase.
Kotlin 1.6.0 debuts memory manager
Memory manager for Kotlin/Native lifts restrictions on object sharing between threads and offers leak-free, concurrent programming primitives.
Kotlin roadmap points to compiler, mobile improvements
Android and iOS code sharing technology, namespace prototype, code coverage plug-in, and documentation generation tool also in the works.
Kotlin update previews experimental features
Kotlin 1.5.30 offers trial run of sealed when statements and suspend functions, language features that could be production-ready in Kotlin 1.60.
Kotlin gains Java coding enhancements
Kotlin 1.5.20 adds experimental support for Java libraries that help to reduce boilerplate coding and to maintain null safety when interoperating with Java code.
Kotlin 1.5.0 arrives with JVM records, sealed interfaces
Kotlin upgrade also stabilizes the JVM IR compiler and APIs for unsigned integer types and their functions.
JetBrains previews Jetpack Compose for Web
Jetpack Compose for Web brings Google’s toolkit for building reactive user interfaces with Kotlin to the web browser.
JetBrains IntelliJ IDE debuts ‘run targets’
New feature in IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 allows developers to execute code in a Docker container, SSH server, or WSL for remote testing and debugging.
Google Jetpack Compose Android UI toolkit now in beta
Declarative UI toolkit is intended to ease the development of native applications across Android platforms.
Google introduces API for faster Kotlin builds
Currently in alpha, Kotlin Symbol Processing is an API for building lightweight compiler plug-ins in Kotlin.
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