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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.
AWS brings no-code to Amazon SageMaker machine learning
Amazon SageMaker Canvas provides a visual interface for preparing data and training models, no programming or machine learning expertise required.
Red Hat plops Celonis EMS on AWS cloud
Celonis EMS applies real-time process intelligence to system data to increase the efficiency of business processes.
AWS kicks off re:Invent with compute, networking, and data launches
New AWS CEO Adam Selipsky fired off a barrage of new product announcements in his first AWS re:Invent keynote.
Weaveworks launches first enterprise Gitops platform
Weave GitOps Enterprise aims to automate continuous application delivery and Kubernetes operations tasks at enterprise scale.
PHP 8.1 brings enums, read-only properties
Update to the popular scripting language for web development also offers enhancements for concurrency and performance.
UNESCO launches global standard for AI ethics
Standard aims to provide AI with a strong ethical basis that will not only protect but also promote human rights and human dignity.
JetBrains previews next-gen Fleet IDE
Fleet will coexist with JetBrains’ IntelliJ line and serve as a lightweight code editor with a different take on IDE organization.
JDK 18: What to expect in Java 18
Due in March 2022, Java 18 has drawn proposals to incubate the vector API, preview pattern matching for switch statements, and adopt UTF-8 as the default character set.
Windows Forms advances in .NET 6 but still needs work
Supporting display DPI awareness and sharing display configuration information between the Windows Forms runtime and designer have been challenging, Microsoft said.
GitHub will require 2FA for some NPM registry users
Mandate will apply to maintainers and admins of top packages on the JavaScript registry, in response to two recent security incidents.
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.
TypeScript 4.5 arrives with Promise improvements
Latest GA release of Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript introduces new Awaited utility type to model Promise recursions, defers ECMAScript module support for Node.js to a future release.
Microsoft’s F# 6 boosts performance, ease
Design goals for the new version were to make it simpler, more performant, easier to learn, and more uniform and interoperable with other .NET languages.
Java could get virtual threads
OpenJDK draft proposal would make concurrent programming far easier, while making more efficient use of hardware resources.
GitHub: Dev productivity is back to pre-pandemic levels
2021 State of the Octoverse report shows developers aren’t returning to the office; JavaScript, Python remain the hottest languages.
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.
