Due in early-2022, Android 12L optimises the Android system UI for large screens in preparation for the next wave of tablets, foldables, and Chromebooks.
GitHub is moving forward with its controversial AI-driven programming assistant, Copilot, adding support for more code editors and more languages.
Microsoft apologised for ‘inadvertently’ removing the Hot Reload capability from the .NET SDK repo, and will include it in the GA build of the .NET 6 SDK.
Qodana code quality monitoring platform integrates with IntelliJ IDE and supports Java and Kotlin, with JVM and non-JVM also in the works.
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.
Browser-based code editor does have limitations, company warns, but the coding experience is nearly identical to the desktop for web languages.
Node.js 17 has been released. The latest version of the popular JavaScript runtime brings more “promisified” APIs and support for OpenSSL 3.0.
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 allows OpenStack and OpenShift users to run VM-based and container-based workloads side by side.
New ‘Split in Group’ command allows Visual Studio Code users to work in two editors side by side, vertically or horizontally, on the same file.
Redmond has made a version 17.0 release candidate and Preview 5 of the newly 64-bit IDE available with a go-live licence for production use.
Python rises above C and Java to take the top position in the index of programming language popularity for the first time.
OSS Port community site taps CodeSee Maps for visual walkthroughs of open source codebases, aiming to ease the onboarding process.
GitHub’s Enterprise Managed Users service allow enterprises to manage GitHub team memberships and user access through their identity provider.
Microsoft unveils guidance and tools for adapting applications for dual-screen, foldable, and large-screen devices, especially the Surface Duo 2.
Electron 15.0.0 also marks a faster release schedule for the project, with a new stable release now due every eight weeks.
