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JetBrains previews data science IDE

DataSpell offers data analysis and machine learning model prototyping.

Java internet address resolution plan proposed

The OpenJDK community plans to develop a Service Provider Interface.

Microsoft open-sources Java garbage collection analyser

GCToolkit parses log files into discrete events and has an API for aggregating data from those events, allowing complex analyses of the state of managed memory in the JVM.

Visual Studio Code editor moves forward on language detection

Microsoft editor also supports native bracket pair colorisation and TypeScript 4.4.

Pyston, the Python alternative, gets backing from Anaconda

Lead developers hired by data science platform maker to improve Python performance and build a sustainable Pyston community.

Microsoft offers Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2022 IDE

Extensions are readied for many tasks, including HTML copying, help access, error message viewing, and others.

GitHub CLI 2.0 introduces extensions

GitHub CLI extensions allow developers to customise the functionality of the command line tool and share custom commands with other users.

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.

Microsoft, Google partner on eBPF

The extended Berkeley Packet Filter, which can run sandboxed programs in an operating system kernel, is moving beyond Linux.

JetBrains’ Go language IDE prepares for generics

Upcoming version of GoLand to accommodate highly anticipated language feature.

What to expect in Java 18

Not due until March 2022, Java 18 already has drawn proposals to preview record patterns and array patterns and to adopt UTF-8 as the default character set.

Microsoft details .NET 6 performance boosts

Forthcoming upgrade to Microsoft’s software development platform promises to run better in multiple areas including compilation and garbage collection.

Visual Studio Code previews ML-based language detection

Visual Studio Code 1.59, aka the July 2021 edition, also features a preview of a debug Disassembly view.

Angular 13 begins to take shape

The development of next major version of the TypeScript-based web framework is underway.

Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3 shines on JavaScript, TypeScript, Git

Multi-repo capabilities also highlighted in planned upgrade to Microsoft’s flagship IDE.

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