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Updated JavaScript framework, Vue 3.2, promises speed boost

Latest update to the popular JavaScript framework brings ‘significant’ performance improvements to the reactivity system.

Oracle accelerates MySQL HeatWave queries with machine learning

MySQL Autopilot uses advanced machine learning to accelerate HeatWave query performance in Oracle Cloud’s MySQL Database Service.

JetBrains Java IDE adds project analysis, build system improvements

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2 checks Java code changes for errors before compilation and eases management of Maven and Gradle dependencies.

Developers love Rust and Svelte, dread Angular and IBM Cloud, Stack Overflow

2021 survey by the developer Q&A site also found that developers earn more for Clojure, DynamoDB, AWS, and Ruby on Rails.

Oracle launches Verrazzano container platform for Kubernetes

Platform promises to unify app lifecycle management across microservices and traditional apps and to bridge on-premises and cloud environments.

GitHub Copilot is ‘unacceptable and unjust', according to Free Software Foundation

The non-profit defender of software freedom has raised questions about the fairness, legitimacy, and legality of GitHub’s AI-driven coding assistant.

Jetpack Compose for Android turns general availability

Jetpack Compose, Google’s native UI toolkit for Android mobile application development, has reached its official 1.0 production release status.

Microsoft .NET adoption gets boost from open source

Microsoft credits open source and cross-platform support for the increased adoption of its software development platform.

Oracle's GraalVM adds Native Image, compiler enhancements

Upgrade to the high-performance, multi-language runtime also offers improvements for Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, and WebAssembly.

GitHub to help developers with DMCA disputes

GitHub ‘developer rights’ program will provide legal support to developers whose source code runs afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

TypeScript 4.4 brings performance boosts

Due in late August, upgrade to Microsoft’s typed JavaScript also introduces control flow analysis and spelling suggestions in plain JavaScript files.

Microsoft sunsets Xamarin toolkit

With .NET MAUI due to arrive in November 2021, Microsoft will end updates to the Xamarin mobile app development platform in November 2022.

Visual Studio Code 1.58 improves debugging, Jupyter Notebook support

With the June 2021 release of VS Code, Microsoft also unveiled plans for improving the editor’s Java support in coming months.

Java state API would speed app start-up

OpenJDK proposal would eliminate the long start-up times of Java applications by saving the state of the Java runtime and using it to start instances fast.

Kotlin gains Java coding enhancements

Kotlin 1.5.20 adds experimental support for Java libraries that help to reduce boilerplate coding and to maintain null safety when interoperating with Java code.

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