TypeScript 5.1 released, 5.2 beta on way with resource management on the roadmap – more like C#?

Microsoft has released TypeScript 5.1, with improvements including less fuss over functions that return void or undefined, and allowing properties to have unrelated types...

GitHub Activity View now shows all pushes in single view, elicits mixed reaction from devs

GitHub has made a new Activity View available to all, though still marked as beta, showing all activity such as pushes and pull request...

More Rust ructions as project team confesses failure of “leadership chat”

The Rust project has had remarkable success in driving language adoption but project governance has been more problematic. The long weekend saw further drama,...

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...