Spotify unveils Confidence, a testing platform for developers
Spotify has unveiled Confidence, an application for developers to test software. The music platform itself already uses a variant of this platform internally. Confidence should enable developers to deploy A/B tests quickly.
Earlier, Spotify released Backstage, a platform that can bring all tools... Read more
GitHub Copilot now warns developers if it plagiarizes code
GitHub Copilot tries to prevent developers from copying code from another GitHub project with a new feature. Developers actually need to clean up Copilot's bugs themselves, as the AI assistant sometimes simply copies published code.
GitHub Copilot is a digital AI assistant for developers. Its m... Read more
Microsoft to release .NET 8 in November with support through 2026
Microsoft will release .NET 8 on the occasion of .NET Conf 2023 from Nov. 14 to 16. Because it is an LTS version, support will continue for three years.
The themes for .NET 8 include Cloud Native, Blazor Full Stack, .NET MAUI and Intelligent Apps with .NET. The release of this version therefore ... Read more
Betty Blocks Introduces Low-Code AI Toolkit for AI Integration
Betty Blocks has introduced a Low-Code AI Toolkit to let companies build low-code applications with AI features faster and more flexibly. This should be possible without affecting security and development speed.
With the Low-Code AI Toolkit and underlying solutions, companies can more easily int... Read more
Python responds to AI development and removes GIL: joy among developers
Python will gradually remove GIL from the programming language over the next few years. This is an important development to keep Python relevant in the area of AI model development. The transition period is longer than five years but is a conscious decision by the Python Steering Council because co... Read more
Dart Frog 1.0 framework helps Flutter developers maximise Dart
Flutter consulting company Very Good Ventures (VGV) today released Dart Frog 1.0, an open-source backend framework for the Dart programming language.
Dart is best known as a language within Flutter, an open-source UI development kit developed by Google. Mobile apps are developed with this, which... Read more
What are possible problems with Google’s Web Environment Integrity API?
A new Web Environment Integrity (WEI) API is being tested on Google Chrome. Developers are unhappy about the project, describing it as something dangerous, restrictive and even undermining the internet values.
Google made a new API proposal, which should bring Web Environment Integrity (WEI) to... Read more
Gartner: Java licenses will be up to five times more expensive
Research firm Gartner estimates that Oracle's new licenses for Java could cost companies two to five times as much as they did before.
The Register reports that Oracle introduced new licensing terms for the use of Java earlier this year. The introduced per-employee/month Java SE Universal Subsc... Read more
JetBrains introduces code quality platform Qodana
JetBrains has made the Qodana platform generally available. This platform makes it easier for developers to produce high-quality code.
JetBrains says the platform offers analysis of static code. It can be integrated directly into CI/CD pipelines. This allows code issues to be resolved directly f... Read more
Unity can now accelerate HoloLens to Vision Pro migration
Developers can now get started with Unity games and apps on Apple's Vision Pro. Unity has made a beta available to developers that includes support for visionOS. With this, developers already working with Unity apps in VR and AR solutions can get to work making them suitable for the Apple Vision Pr... Read more