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Guido van Rossum

Python creator Guido Van Rossum heads to Microsoft

13 Nov In a new role at Microsoft’s developer division, van Rossum hints at forthcoming improvements

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Python

Python soars past Java in Tiobe language index

5 Nov C takes first place and Java slips to third

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Binary Code

Redwood offers full-stack, serverless Jamstack

4 Nov Opinionated full-stack JavaScript framework leverages React on the front end, AWS Lambda on the back end, GraphQL in between, and static delivery via...

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coding programming

Angular roadmap embraces security, simplicity

10 Sep Upgrade plan features trusted native types, stricter typing for reactive forms, performance profiling tools, and more

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TypeScript

TypeScript 4.0 arrives with performance boosts

25 Aug Production release improves build speeds, startup times

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Language

Ring language upgrade focuses on WebAssembly

25 Aug Organisation of language also improved in upcoming version

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Coffee beans

Google Java container tech gets extension framework

25 Aug Jib allows developers to optimise the creation of Docker containers for Java apps

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Visual Studio gets Angular editing smart

20 Aug Angular Language Service for Visual Studio extension provides code autocompletions, error checking, quick info, and navigation inside Angular...

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Potentially powerful features for Python

23 Jul Four useful possibilities for the popular programming language — some likely, some not

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What’s new in Rust 1.45

21 Jul Designed to make it easy to develop fast and safe system-level software, Rust gets new developments

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Swift

New Swift project handles server app start-up, shutdown

21 Jul Swift Service Lifecycle is an open source project aimed at supporting the language’s server ecosystem

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What’s new in Microsoft .NET 5

29 Jun Aimed at unifying the .NET platform, .NET 5 brings improvements to RyuJIT code quality, garbage collection, and JSON serialisation, for starters

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Code

Oracle unveils Helidon 2.0 for Java microservices

29 Jun Upgrade brings GraalVM native image startup and memory consumption benefits to MicroProfile developers

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Pattern matching syntax proposal for Python

25 Jun Under consideration by development team, it would finally bring pattern matching statements to the language

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Chef Infra 16 adds YAML recipe support

1 May Chef introduces a slimmed down client, and a more straightforward and predictable method for creating custom resources

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Python

Cython: Python at the speed of C

24 Apr A superset of Python that compiles to C, Cython combines the ease of Python and the speed of native code

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coding programming

Developers cite barriers to Rust language adoption

22 Apr Survey identified multiple challenges including slow compilation times and the need for better documentation

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Java

Java 15 starts to take shape

26 Mar Next version of standard Java is slated to add text blocks and drop the Nashorn JavaScript engine

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Binary Code

C++ 20 spec finalised, C++ 23 spec begins

25 Feb Upgrade will prioritise standard library modules, coroutines, executors, reflection, pattern matching, and contracts

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TypeScript

TypeScript 3.8 adds type-only imports and exports

25 Feb Provides more fine-grained control over imports and elisions

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