AWS enhances Q Developer: Test and review code, upgrade to modern .NET, migrate mainframe applications

At AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, the cloud concern introduced a bunch of features for Q Developer, its AI coding assistant – they include...

After ditching .NET Foundation, Avalonia UI project will add more paid-only features to sustain funding

The Avalonia UI open source project, which provides a cross-platform user interface framework for .NET, is removing low-cost support options aimed at small companies...

Microsoft fixed slow package restore in .NET 9.0, but with annoying early bugs

Microsoft has reported a remarkable 15 times speed-up in package restore when using Nuget 6.12, introduced with the .NET 9.0 SDK (Software Development Kit),...

Vite 6.0 released – but devs still await Rust-powered future for popular build tool

Vite 6.0 is the first major update since Vite 5.0 a year ago, and while the team claims it is the most significant release...

Redis Inc seeks control over future of Rust redis-rs client library, amid talk of trademark concerns

Updated: Redis inc, whose core product is the formerly open source Redis in-memory database, has prompted further unease in the community by approaching the...

PHP 8.4 released with property accessors after a “wild ride” – plus lazy objects and new DOM namespace

PHP 8.4 was released last week, with long-awaited richer object-orientation, HTML5 DOM support and other new features. This latest version of PHP introduces property hooks...

AWS will pay devs to verify Rust standard library because of 7,500 unsafe functions and enormity of task

AWS, in collaboration with the Rust Foundation, is crowdsourcing an effort to verify the Rust standard library, by setting out a series of challenges...

Interview with Kotlin lead designer: How far will the language diverge from Java? 

Kotlin lead designer Michail ZarečenskijThe Kotlin language, developed by JetBrains and open source under the Apache2.0 licence, began in 2011 as an alternative to...

Modernizing Windows desktop development: WPF and Windows Forms to share code in .NET 10

Microsoft is investing further in the familiar Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Forms (WinForms) desktop frameworks, as well as React Native for Windows...

Uno Hot Design aims to meet demand for a visual designer for modern .NET

Uno – a specialist in cross-platform application development for .NET – has previewed Hot Design, a visual design tool, as part of a suite...