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GitHub unveils AI coding assistant for Visual Studio Code

GitHub Copilot is an OpenAI-powered Visual Studio Code extension that can suggest lines of code or entire functions as you type.

Accessibility improvements coming to Visual Studio

Microsoft is looking to improve the accessibility of its flagship IDE with features such as audio cues and whitespace rendering controls.

Red Hat OpenShift 4.8 shines on CI/CD, serverless functions

Update to the Kubernetes-based application development platform also features sandboxed containers, which run in a lightweight virtual machine.

GitHub Container Registry available for production use

Part of GitHub Packages, the service for publishing and managing Docker and OCI container images will remain free for the time being.

Deno Company unveils server-side JavaScript hosting service

Available free in an early beta stage, Deno Deploy allows developers to deploy Deno-based web applications across 25 data centres around the world.

Microsoft previews 64-bit Visual Studio 2022 IDE

Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2022 IDE, a planned 64-bit upgrade to the signature software development environment, is now available as a preview.

Eclipse launches group to shepherd popular Java IDE

The Eclipse Foundation has formed a working group to ensure the continued evolution and sustainability of the popular Eclipse IDE suite of technologies.

Visual Studio Code adds Workplace Trust for code editing safety

The latest version of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor, Version 1.57, is now available, with code execution security a key capability.

Oracle offers Java management service

Oracle has introduced an enterprise service to help manage Java runtimes and applications, either on-premises or on any cloud.

10 hot language projects riding WebAssembly

From blazing-fast web apps to Python data science in the browser, these programming language projects offer 10 different twists on the promise of WebAssembly.

Microsoft equips Visual Studio Code with extension for Project Tye microservices

Microsoft is offering a Visual Studio Code extension to help developers use the Project Tye .NET tool for building microservices and distributed apps.

IBM Python toolkit measures AI uncertainty

This is an open source library of Python algorithms for quantifying, estimating, and communicating the uncertainty of machine learning models.

Go fuzz to catch hard-to-find bugs in Go

Native Go fuzz testing tool is now ready for beta testing but won’t be included in upcoming release of the language.

Angular team streamlines feature requests

Feature requests will be reviewed for alignment with existing projects on the Angular roadmap, then prioritised or put through a 60-day voting process.

JFrog offers software distribution as a service

New addition to the JFrog devops platform promises to speed up software deployments, updates, and concurrent downloads across hybrid infrastructure.

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