Julia Schmidt
Julia Schmidt is an editor for devClass and organises event content. Before that she reported on software development, organised conferences and worked as an engineer and software developer.
Git moves to new defaults in 2.26 release
Version 2.26 of the version management system git is ready for downloading, making version 2 of the transport protocol the standard and improving git rebase as well...
Apache Samza 1.4 aims at better performance and state monitoring
Asynchronous computational framework for stream processing Apache Samza, which is used at Slack for example, has hit version 1.4 bringing improvements to state monitoring and the SQL...
Wolfram Language & Mathematica step into another dimension, open packaging system
Wolfram Research has released version 12.1 of its Wolfram programming language and the technical computing system Mathematica.
The amount of new features detailed in...
Slack cleans up for newly remote hordes
With more and more people flocking to team communication tools for remote work, Slack has decided to roll out some changes to its messaging tool, making it...
Java 14 is out – not declaring war on boilerplate or anything
Oracle has pronounced Java 14 to be generally available, pushing JDK 14 into the open with new features such as records and pattern matching capabilities.
GitHub releases mobile apps so maintainers can give thumbs ups on the go
GitHub for mobile is now available via Google Play and the App Store - however, users still see some room for improvement.
The Microsoft-owned...
WTP: GCC, Longhorn, Flagger, Travis CI, and Docker’s first GitHub Action
GCC 9.3 has been made available. The bug-fix release takes care of over 150 regressions and serious issues in version 9.2 of the GNU Compiler Collection. Amongst...
Microsoft offers .NET 5 taster
Microsoft’s .NET team has pushed out previews for .NET 5 and Entity Framework Core 5.0, looking for feedback on a variety of changes meant to unify the...
npm boss states package registry will stay free ‘for foreseeable future’ after GitHub buy
GitHub has signed an agreement to acquire npm, the company responsible for the Node.js package manager of the same name, enhancing parent company Microsoft’s position in the...
ONNX runtime tries hand at WinML, changes compatibility pattern
Microsoft has updated its inference engine for open neural network exchange models ONNX runtime to v1.2, fitting the tool with WinML API support, featurizer operators, and changes...