Using data from over 400,000 interview requests and surveying 1,600 software engineers, Hired released a report detailing the top trends for software engineers in 2020. They learned that the demand for AR/VR engineering roles is on the rise (with a growth of +1400%) and that software engineers are looking to learn more about machine learning.
TypeScript 3.8 has arrived two days after the planned release date. It adds some new features including support for ECMAScript private fields, which are currently in the third stage of development, type-only imports and exports, and top-level await. Minor breaking changes have been added in the final release as well.
Where do you store your credentials and secrets? In .env files or in environment variables, or even worse, in config files? Are your primary AWS keys shared amongst developers? Do you still have SSH keys from former employees on your servers?
Newcomers to learning the C# programming language might have some questions about how they can read or write to Console app. This tutorial by full-stack developer Vikas lalwani will show you a few examples, some sample code, and some output. By the end you will know a few new methods that will help you out as you continue to learn how to program with C#.
Microsoft has released the latest update for Java on Visual Studio Code. Java developers now have new options for dependency management and for working with multiple Java runtimes. VS Code extensions for MicroProfile, Spring Boot and others have been updated as well.
Eclipse MicroProfile 3.3 has arrived. This incremental release focuses on aspects such as a richer integration between MicroProfile APIs and continued alignment with CDI, JAX-RS, JSON-P, and JSON-B. It updates five different areas, including Metrics, Fault Tolerance, and Health.
Do you really need OpenJDK support? It can be tricky, and even dangerous in the case of enterprise use. When it comes to OpenJDK builds, there are several different options you can turn towards. Find out how much it will cost you, what versions of Java and security fixes are provided, what operating systems are supported, and more facts.
Non-violent communication will help you communicate with your coworkers in a manner that enables productivity and helps you understand how their unmet needs might lead to negative interactions. Watch Casie Siekman’s DevOps Conference session and prepare your teams for greater success.
Once commonly thought of as simply for programming hobbyists, now open source is widely used in the enterprise. Red Hat conducted an international survey, interviewing 950 IT leaders about their usage of open source code in their business. The survey revealed that open source is rising in the enterprise, and proprietary software is on the decline.
GraalVM 20.0.0 has been released. The universal virtual machine supports different programming languages and is designed to run applications faster. V20.0, the latest major version, has new features for Java, JavaScript, LLVM, Python, GraalVM Windows builds and more on board.
“JAMstack” is an emerging term which describes an approach to architecting and delivering sites as pre-rendered assets, and where necessary, enhancing them with JavaScript and services via APIs. Explore this approach and the serverless web with Netlify’s Phil Hawksworth, co-author of “Modern Web Development on the JAMstack” (O’Reilly, 2019).
Taking inspiration from both C and Ruby, Crystal is a programming language that is just starting to get its legs. Crystal compiles to native code, is statically type checked with built-in type inference and uses object-oriented programming concepts. The newest release, version 0.33.0 adds some language changes, standard library changes, and cleans up some issues.
Women are underrepresented in the tech sector —myth or reality? Two years ago, we launched a diversity series aimed at bringing the most inspirational and powerful women in the tech scene to your attention. Today, we’d like you to meet Katrin Rabow, freelance consultant and student of Business Informatics.
Although it is essential, testing Java apps has become more complicated than ever with the increase of DevOps and new development challenges. Thus, testing strategies need to adapt in order to fit the new realities of microservices. Rod Cope, CTO of Perforce Software, examines how to test Java microservices applications and how to overcome some of the hurdles.
