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Java Development Kit 19, due this September, is now feature-complete, and is now in a second rampdown phase. Seven features target the release including structured concurrency, record patterns, a preview of a foreign function and memory API, and support for the open source Linux/RISC-V…
PyScript, created by Anaconda, is an experimental but promising new technology that makes the Python runtime available as a scripting language in WebAssembly-enabled browsers. Every modern, commonly used browser now supports WebAssembly, the high-speed runtime standard that many languages (like…
A new report from Datadog reveals that serverless computing could be entering the mainstream. This has already been the case in my world for the past few years. Results show that more than half of all organizations are using serverless on one of the three major public cloud providers: Amazon,
GitHub is making available a new IAM (Identity and Access Management) tool, dubbed Entitlements, which leverages the company's own Git framework to parse, track and approve access to a business' systems. The basic idea of Entitlements is to use a dedicated Git repository as a way to provide a…
Angular 14, the latest version of the Google-developed, TypeScript-based web application framework, has arrived, featuring typed forms and a developer preview of standalone components. Standalone components simplify the development of Angular applications by reducing the need for NgModules.…
A CEO bragged he'd unmasked Anonymous. Hours later, a SQL injection in his own CMS ended his career. The real attack chains behind hacktivism, tools included.
Java is widely used and heavily relied on, to put it mildly. It is a major part of our software infrastructure. Despite having a weighty obligation to stability, the Java platform has managed to remain responsive to changing circumstances. The creativity of the people who use Java is part of
The Linux Foundation and the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) have introduced the Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan. This is in response to attacks on the software supply chain and an uptick in interest in securing them. Supply chains are appealing targets to malicious…
The Python Programming Language releases a new version every year, with a feature-locked beta release in the first half of the year and the final release toward the end of the year. The feature set for Python 3.11 has just been finalized, with a beta version available for testing.
Rust 1.60, introduced just this April 7, 2022, stabilizes support for LLVM-based coverage instrumentation in rustc. This provides for source-based code coverage. Developers can try this out by rebuilding their code with -Cinstrument-coverage. Afterward, running the resulting binary will produce…
Java Development Kit 19, which is due just this September, has just had a sixth feature proposed for it: a preview of record patterns, for data navigation and processing. Record patterns joins five previous features, ranging from a preview of a foreign function and memory API to support for the
Java Development Kit (JDK) v19 is due this September. It has a second feature officially proposed to target it. This includes a vector API to express vector computations, which would undergo a fourth incubation in the next Java release. The other proposed feature is a port of the Java Development
