Tim Anderson
Node.js 18 released with prefix-only core modules, experimental fetch API, and more
The Node.js team has released version 18 of its server-side JavaScript runtime environment. This being an even-numbered release, it will be promoted to long-term support in October,...
Netlify chooses Deno rather than Node.js to power new Edge Functions
Netlify, a company which offers a hosted platform for websites built with Jamstack (Javascript, API and Markup) architecture, has introduced a public beta of Edge Functions, for...
Microsoft delivers cross-platform .NET MAUI release candidate with go-live license
Microsoft has made available the release candidate of .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI), complete with a go-live license for developers who cannot wait to ship applications using...
JetBrains updates IntelliJ IDEA with new dependency analyzer – although automated update spells...
JetBrains has released IntelliJ IDEA 2022.1, a Java IDE which also forms the basis for other development environments such as Python, PHP and C/C++. The headline new...
How Function URLs simplify setting up an AWS Lambda endpoint
AWS has introduced Lambda Function URLs, an enhancement to its serverless platform that makes an HTTPS endpoint a built-in feature.
In some respects the...
TypeScript 4.7 hits beta: Support for ECMAScript modules in Node.js
The TypeScript team has just released the 4.7 beta. The biggest new feature is the inclusion of support for ECMAScript modules in Node.js, which has been in...
Rust for Microservices: One company’s adoption journey from .NET
Rust is excellent for systems programming but a less obvious choice for general purposes like implementing microservices. At QCon London though, principal engineer Luca Palmieri, from open...
Why Stripe embraced remote coding – and fixed Ruby with Sorbet
Soam Vasani, software engineer at internet payment services company Stripe, spoke at QCon, an enterprise developer conference under way in London this week, about why the business...
GitHub Copilot will explain and translate code, now supports Visual Studio and .NET
GitHub has introduced improvements to its Copilot AI coding service, though it remains in invite-only technical preview. Copilot Labs, currently only available as Visual Studio Code extension...
Shrinking the load: A look at Micro Frontends at QCon London
The QCon London enterprise developer event is under way this week, a vendor-neutral event which aims to track the latest trends and pressure points in modern coding....