Developers can now search across all their code with the general availability of Code Search. Code Search is designed to improve cross-team collaboration and code sharing, and help developers locate relevant information. It is available in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team Services as well as Team Foundation Server “15.” “With this release Code Search now understands … continue reading
Amazon is hosting its annual competition for university students who are passionate about accelerating the field of artificial intelligence. The challenge this year is focused on developing a social bot, which Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant can use to communicate with humans on popular topics or events. For this challenge, teams will have to work in … continue reading
Middle-class Americans who want to change their careers and enter the IT or software development field may be receptive to Coding Dojo’s message of “anyone can learn to code.” According to analysis of recent graduates, 34.7% had no coding experience before the boot camp. Besides those findings, Coding Dojo found that 613 students have graduated … continue reading
Microsoft is one step closer to developing a programming language that goes beyond JavaScript. The company has announced the availability of TypeScript 2.0, its typed superset of JavaScript. “TypeScript 1.0 had successfully shown developers the potential of JavaScript when combined with static types. Compile-time error checking saved countless hours of bug hunting, and TypeScript’s editor … continue reading
When you are developing client-side and server-side applications, they need to be perfect. That is why PerfectlySoft developed Perfect, a web server and toolkit for developers. The solution is designed specifically for Apple’s open-source programming language Swift, allowing developers to build applications using only Swift. “It’s the ideal backbone for cloud and mobile technologies,” the … continue reading
Oracle is yet again asking to push back the release date of Java 9. In an e-mail to Java developers, chief Java architect Mark Reinhold proposed delaying the release another four months. “I hereby propose a four-month extension of the JDK 9 schedule, moving the General Availability (GA) milestone to July 2017. I’ll make a … continue reading
Apple’s programming language Swift is getting its first major update since it went open source. Swift 3.0 is available now with significant improvements and refinements. Key features include improved translation of Objective-C APIs in Swift; API guidelines that have been applied to the standard library; package manager C language target support; modernized Playground literals; an … continue reading
Today, GitLab announced a US$20 million Series B funding from investors August Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Y Combinator. This follows its previous round of funding from last September. With the funding, GitLab is bringing issues, wikis, code review, Continuous Integration and Deployment into one single user interface. Its latest release of Issue Boards and merge … continue reading
Shortly after HPE’s decision to split-merge with Micro Focus, HP Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Samsung Electronics’ printer business for US$1.05 billion. The goal of HP is to reinvent its printer business, which hasn’t seen innovation in years, according to HP. Samsung has built a portfolio of A3 MFPs (multifunction printer technology for … continue reading
Microsoft is getting closer to releasing the next version of its typed superset of JavaScript. The company announced the TypeScript 2.0 release candidate is now available. “This RC gives an idea of what the full version of 2.0 will look like, and we’re looking for broader feedback to stabilize and make 2.0 a solid release,” … continue reading
Mozilla has launched a new solution designed to help developers secure their websites. The HTTP Observatory website provides developers with a set of tools to analyze their sites, and gather information on whether or not they are using the most secure solutions. According to the company, Observatory is split into three projects: a scanner, a … continue reading
The cross-platform application development framework Qt is getting stripped down for developers. The Qt company has announced the Qt Lite project, a new initiative to give developers the ability to use only what they need from the Qt framework. “The amount of devices and things surrounding us are rapidly increasing, becoming more intelligent and requiring … continue reading
