Category: Development Software

December 4, 2023

After its review has concluded, JEP 463, Implicitly Declared Classes and Instance Main Methods (Second Preview), has been promoted from Proposed to Target to Targeted for JDK 22. Formerly known as Unnamed Classes and Instance Main Methods (Preview), Flexible Main […]

December 4, 2023

The job market for software developers has always been competitive, but we’re about to experience a talent crunch unlike anything we’ve ever seen in this industry. Generative AI is everywhere, and anyone who works in software is trying to figure […]

December 1, 2023

Open source software—software that is freely distributed, along with its source code, so that copies, additions, or modifications can be readily made —is “everywhere,” to quote the 2023 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis Report. Of the computer programs used […]

December 1, 2023

The development and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is booming while regulators across the world work to understand this technology and its potential dangers. The European Union is an early mover with the EU AI Act. President Joe Biden released […]

December 1, 2023

Javet, a fusion of Java and V8 (JAVa + V + EighT), has recently released its version 3.0.2, marking a significant advancement in embedding Node.js and V8 in Java. This version includes Node.js v20.10.0 and V8 v12.0.267.8, highlighting the project’s […]

November 29, 2023

Do you work on a distributed team? If so, you know that meetings can be a major time-sink. While meetings can be valuable, if we reach for them as a default way of working, we inadvertently create a fragmented team […]

November 29, 2023

Microsoft has released ML.NET 3.0, the latest version of the company’s open-source, cross-platform machine learning framework, which enables the integration of machine learning models into .NET applications. Announced November 27, ML.NET 3.0 can be accessed from dotnet.microsoft.com. ML.NET 3.0 includes […]

November 29, 2023

During its dozen-plus years in the wild, Google’s Go programming language has evolved from being a curiosity for alpha geeks to being the battle-tested programming language behind some of the world’s most important cloud-native software projects. Why was Go chosen […]

November 28, 2023

ASP.NET Core offers a simplified hosting model, called minimal APIs, that allows us to build lightweight APIs with minimal dependencies. Minimal APIs are ideal for building microservices and fast HTTP APIs. Naturally, you will often need to secure the endpoints […]

November 28, 2023

This report provides a summary of how the InfoQ Java editorial team currently sees the adoption of technology and emerging trends within the Java space. We focus on Java the language, as well as related languages like Kotlin and Scala, […]

November 27, 2023

This week’s Java roundup for November 20th, 2023 features news from OpenJDK, JDK 22, JCON World 2023, and point, milestone and GA releases for: Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring Security, Spring Authorization Server, Spring GraphQL, Spring Integration, Spring Session, Spring […]

November 22, 2023

Writing reusable code is a vital skill for every software developer, and every engineer must know how to maximize code reuse. Nowadays, developers often use the excuse that there is no need to bother with writing high-quality code because microservices […]

November 20, 2023

Measuring developer productivity has long been a Holy Grail of business. And like the Holy Grail, it has been elusive. But based on our work with companies from a range of industries, we think we may have figured out a […]

November 20, 2023

Microsoft released .NET 8, and one of the most notable news within the launch was .NET Aspire. A new and cloud-native development stack for building resilient, observable, and configurable cloud-native applications within the dotnet. .NET Aspire includes a selected set […]

November 20, 2023

After its review has concluded, JEP 459: String Templates (Second Preview), has been promoted from Proposed to Target to Targeted for JDK 22. This JEP provides a second preview from the first round of preview: JEP 430, String Templates (Preview), […]

November 16, 2023

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, let’s not kid ourselves about how fast we’re moving. Many of us, and the software we build, are still too slow. How do we know we’re even making progress? To know for sure that things […]

November 16, 2023

One of the recurring themes of recent developer platform and tool releases, especially around .NET, is developer productivity. That’s not surprising, considering the current economic climate and its impact on staffing levels. We’ve all been tasked to do more with […]

November 16, 2023

In this article, we take a deeper look at the practice and purpose of agile coaching. We find out why interactions are the most essential focus in agile coaching – and also the basis of learning and professional development for […]

November 15, 2023

C# 12, the latest edition of Microsoft’s popular object-oriented programming language, is now available as a production release, offering a simplified syntax and faster program execution. C# 12 was unveiled as part of the .NET 8 software development platform on […]

November 15, 2023

When you want to work with a relational database in Python, or most any other programming language, it’s common to write database queries “by hand,” using the SQL syntax supported by most databases. This approach has its downsides, however. Hand-authored […]