Edge functions: good for performance and cost, hard to debug and integrate, states new survey

Around 1,000 developers have expressed their views on edge functions, a modern approach to web applications, showing enthusiasm for performance and cost, but frustrations...

Microsoft improves C# support in Visual Studio Code but full commercial use requires paid license

Microsoft has introduced a pre-release of C# Dev Kit, an extension to Visual Studio Code that brings many new features for developing with C#...

DEVOPS

What’s coming in C# 12? Devs debate whether it’s too much or not enough

Microsoft’s C# lead designer Mads Torgersen, along with principal software engineer Dustin Campbell, presented a look at what is coming in C# 12 and...

Azure Linux released at Build – where Microsoft revealed why it did not fork Fedora

At its Build developer event this week, Microsoft made Azure Linux - its own distribution of the open source operating system - generally available....

Podman Desktop 1.0 released: a challenge to Docker Desktop

The RedHat-sponsored open source project Podman Desktop has hit general availability, with features including building and running containers, running Kubernetes locally, and connecting and...

Copilot crazy? Microsoft shoe-horns AI assistant into Windows 11, Power BI, Analytics and more

Microsoft’s Build developer event kicks off today, with a heavy focus on AI including Copilots for Windows 11 and a bunch of other products....

Azul makes OpenJDK with fast-start CRaC generally available – but not cross-platform

The Azul-led CRaC (Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint) project aims to greatly improve the startup time of Java applications by using a cached image, and...

Is ASP.NET on the right path? Microsoft .NET 8 preview prompts debate and Visual Studio 17.6 rolls out

Ahead of its Build developer event next week, Microsoft has pushed out a new preview of the forthcoming .NET 8, as well as a...

Bun 1.6 is out with new JavaScript/TypeScript bundler and ability to compile standalone executables

The team behind the Bun JavaScript runtime - led by Jarred Sumner - has released version 0.6, including a new JavaScript and TypeScript bundler...