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Angular 15 promises to simplify development
Update due in November will stabilize standalone component APIs, introduce a new way to compose UI logic, and mark the end of the Protractor testing framework.
Visual Studio Code 1.70 eases title bar customization
July 2022 release of Microsoft’s code editor also introduces command-line options for opening the three-way merge editor in VS Code.
IT leaders struggle with application modernization, survey finds
Nearly 93% of IT leaders surveyed said that they found the process of application modernization challenging due to issues such as staffing and unavailability of tools, according to an Asperitas Consulting report.
Kotlin 1.7.20 advances K2 compiler
Update to the popular JetBrains programming language for JVM, web, and native development also introduces a new operator for expressing open-ended ranges.
Python popularity still soaring
‘Unstoppable’ Python once again ranked No. 1 in the August updates of both the Tiobe and Pypl indexes of programming language popularity.
Microsoft launches .NET Community Toolkit
Collection of .NET libraries originally developed for the Windows Community Toolkit can now be used regardless of UI framework.
iPaaS, low-code platform sales to hit double-digit growth in 2022: Gartner
iPaaS is expected to enter mainstream adoption maturity by the end of 2022.
Django 4.1 adds async handlers
Latest version of the popular Python web framework also provides an asynchronous interface for all data access operations.
Go 1.19 improves generics, memory model
Go 1.19 refines the generics support introduced in Go 1.18 and improves the performance of generic code up to 20 percent.
Cloud infrastructure companies offer top pay for developer relations, survey says
Developer relations employees in the US are paid higher than those in other countries, according to a poll from Common Room.
Microsoft Azure Fluid Relay turns GA
Managed cloud service for the Fluid Framework helps developers build real-time collaborative web apps.
Async C++ framework aims for easier microservices
Userver, currently in beta, promises to solve the problem of efficient I/O interactions transparently for C++ developers.
Microsoft’s .NET Core 3.1 nears the end
Microsoft announced that it will stop providing service updates, security fixes, and technical support for .NET Core 3.1 on December 13, 2022.
AWS revenue jumps 33%, but growth slows
As enterprises face a possible recession, will uptake of cloud services slow?
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.
