Accessibility Insights is an open source project created by Microsoft aimed at helping developers build more accessible software. It was created internally at Microsoft and then released as an open source solution in 2019. “We were motivated by Microsoft’s mission to ‘empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.’ We realized … continue reading
Microsoft has announced the July 2021 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code. This release introduces a quicker way of configuring project roots. According to Microsoft, a common issue developers have is that developers see diagnostics under import statements when opening new projects, but they don’t know how to resolve them. Configuring project … continue reading
A few weeks ago GitHub released its Copilot solution, which uses AI to suggest code to developers. Developers can write a comment in their code and Copilot will automatically write the code it thinks is appropriate. It’s an impressive example of the power of AI, but has many developers and members of the open-source community … continue reading
Microsoft is revealing plans for the future of its Xamarin Community Toolkit as the .NET MAUI release nears. This year the company has been working to unify Xamarin SDKs into .NET, and it released .NET MAUI as an evolution of Xamarin.Forms with the ultimate goal of acting as a replacement. Included in the plans is … continue reading
The second preview release for Visual Studio 2022 is now available. Visual Studio 2022 Preview 2 is focused on providing capabilities for productivity, modern development, and innovation, according to Microsoft. “Applications and the developers who build them are critical to the success of companies across the world. And businesses are expecting even more from their … continue reading
ShiftLeft Educate provides security training for developers right in their developer workflow. It provides contextual training for different skill levels. Key features include analytics, the ability to select appropriate training resources based on language and vulnerability type, and interactive videos, real world examples, and mitigation information from Kontra. There is also a paid version of … continue reading
The Android development team has released the third beta for Android 12, which includes the final Android 12 APIs and official SDK. This will enable mobile developers to start testing and updating their apps prior to Platform Stability in Beta 4. “Each month we’re bringing Android 12 closer to its final form, with innovative features, … continue reading
MongoDB announced several new updates at its MongoDB.live conference, including the availability of MongoDB 5.0, a preview for serverless databases in MongoDB Atlas, and updates to Atlas Search, Atlas Data Lake, and Realm. MongoDB 5.0 introduces new capabilities to allow organizations to more easily future-proof their applications. New features include: Native Time Series collections, clustered … continue reading
Microsoft is providing insights into what it has planned for Java in Visual Studio Code through the end of 2021. One area of focus will be on improving the fundamental development experience, which includes investing in better code completion and navigation, package import, compiling, debugging, and testing. The company is also planning to improve how … continue reading
The benefits of microservices have been touted for years, and their popularity is clear when you consider the explosion in use of technologies, such as Kubernetes, over the last few years. It seems that based on the number of successful implementations, that popularity is deserved. For example, according to a 2020 survey by O’Reilly, 92% … continue reading
With the increasing complexity of cloud-native applications, observability is the key to ensuring that your company can deliver high-quality products and services. In a recent SD Times Live! webinar, Chris Lentricchia, offering manager at Instana, explained that there have been three main shifts over the past few years in the way companies do observability. These … continue reading
The Object Management Group (OMG) has published a beta of version 1.0 of its REST for CORBA specification. Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) is a standard for facilitating communication between systems deployed on different operating systems, programming languages, and hardware. The specification describes a standard way for CORBA objects to be exposed as REST … continue reading
