HP Omnicept Solution brings new VR innovations to the enterprise
HP has announced the HP Omnicept Solution, which brings together its virtual reality (VR) headset and developer-focused SDK. According to the company, this will allow VR developers to create new personalized, engaging, and adaptive VR experiences for the enterprise. According to the company, facial expression and body language account for up to 50% of effective … continue reading
JetBrains launches Code With Me EAP for distributed collaboration
JetBrains has announced an early access program (EAP) for its Code With Me tool. Code With Me is a service in IntelliJ IDEA that allows developers to share open projects in the IDE with distributed team members. Using Code With Me, team members will be able to quickly access others’ code to help investigate issues, … continue reading
Swift 5.3 focuses on language refinements
The latest version of the programming language is here. Swift 5.3 focuses on language refinements, the developer experience, and expanding the Swift ecosystem. New language refinements include adding a string initializer with access to uninitialized storage, synthesized Comparable conformance for enum types, where clauses on contextually generic declarations, refined didSet semantics, and more. RELATED CONTENT: … continue reading
Apache IoTDB now a Top-Level Project at ASF
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced that Apache IoTDB is now a Top-Level Project. By graduating to a Top-Level Project, Apache IoTDB has proven that it and its community has been well-governed under the ASF’s processes and principles, the ASF explained. Apache IoTDB is an IoT database that is designed to meet the data, … continue reading
OMG launches RFP for IDL of C++ Language Mapping specification
The Object Management Group (OMG) has announced a request for proposal (RFP) for Interface Definition Language v4 (IDL4) for the C++ Language Mapping specification. According to OMG, this addition to the specification will provide Data Distribution Service (DDS) and CORBA users with an interoperable API for C++, which will allow them to deploy vendor-neutral applications … continue reading
Swift now available for Windows
Swift, the programming language used for macOS, iOS, and other Apple operating systems, is now available on Windows via downloadable toolchain images. According to the team, there has been a significant push to port Swift to Windows over the past year. Now that effort has reached a point where early adopters will be able to … continue reading
JetBrains looks at state of Java community in new analysis
To celebrate Java’s 25th anniversary this year and the latest release of Java 15, JetBrains has compiled data from multiple sources to look at what the current state of the language is. First, it looked at where most Java developers are based. According to the Developer Estimation Model by the Market Research and Analytics Team, … continue reading
Vue 3 now available with new APIs for scaling
Vue 3, also named One Piece, is now available. Vue is an open-source JavaScript framework. According to Vue creator Evan You, this release “represents over 2 years of development efforts, featuring 30+ RFCs, 2,600+ commits, 628 pull requests from 99 contributors, plus tremendous amount of development and documentation work outside of the core repo.” New … continue reading
.NET 5 release approaches, eliminating .NET Standard, Core, and Framework
Last year Microsoft announced that with the release of .NET 5, a number of .NET products would be consolidated into a single .NET release. This includes .NET Core, .NET Framework, and .NET Standard. .NET 5 is expected to release in November, and as that date nears, the company has now revealed more information about what … continue reading
Cloudera Data Platform expands analytic experiences
Cloudera has announced new analytic experiences within the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP), across the CDP Data Engineering, CDP Operational Database, and CDP Data Visualization products. According to the company, these new services are designed specifically for data scientists and include capabilities like workflow automation, job prioritization, and performance tuning, which are often features that can … continue reading
Microsoft introduces Project OpenFuzz to reduce the complexity of fuzz testing
Microsoft is releasing a new open-source tool to help developers find and fix bugs at scale. Project OpenFuzz is a fuzz testing framework for Azure. According to Microsoft, fuzz testing is an effective method for improving code quality, and is a gold standard for finding and removing exploitable security vulnerabilities. Although it is effective, it’s … continue reading
Java 15 released with developer productivity enhancements
Java 15, the first Java release following the language’s 25th anniversary in May, is now generally available, with new features and capabilities as well as modernizations to existing code. “For 25 years now we have been able to maintain Java’s virtues over time,” said Chad Arimura, VP of developer relations for the Java Platform Group … continue reading
