RedMonk’s biannual report -for the first quarter of 2019- on the state of the most popular programming languages is here. The RedMonk team also presents a neat chart that includes all the language movements from 2012 till Q1 2019. Let’s have a look.

Have you got a great idea to share about Java, DevOps, microservices, cloud, or web development? Come be a part of this year’s lineup in London! JAX London is looking for papers and presenters for the 2019 conference in October.

Are we failing to exploit the benefits of modern technology by running our software businesses and teams as if they’re post-war factories, rather than continuously delivering?

Choosing the members of your distributed team wisely and making them feel close even when they’re thousands of miles away can help you win half of the fight. The other half is a well-designed management plan that works both for you and your team – at least this is what worked for the team at Sematext. Here’s how you might want to go about it.

It’s been eight months since Istio 1.0 was released so now it’s time to welcome the next version. The theme for 1.1 is Enterprise Ready, which means the team has worked hard to make sure companies using Istio will have a smooth ride.

The third quarterly Simultaneous Release for the Eclipse IDE arrives with seventy-five participating projects in tow. Let’s have a closer look at all the updates it brings through Holger Voormann’s latest videos.

Java 12 added plenty of new enhancements and we are still celebrating its release. One of the newest features is JEP 189. Shenandoah is a garbage collector developed by a team at Red Hat and focuses on low-pause time for large heaps. Is it the right GC for you?

Time to put languages to the test. Which programming languages are the most secure and which have dents in their armor? A report from WhiteSource examined security vulnerabilities in some of the most popular programming languages and looked at the trends of high security vulnerabilities over the years.

There are a lot of improvements in the newest Thorntail release. Previously known as WildFly Swarm, Thorntail now works with Java 11 and MicroProfile 2.2. What else is in store?

When you are planning to transition into the cloud, you may wonder how many Kubernetes clusters you will need. If you want to learn how to create isolated stages within a Kubernetes cluster, this article is for you. Michael Frembs also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of multiple stages.

The beta season for Angular v8 began in mid-January and we’re eager to see the final result. The betas keep coming; the 10th beta brings quite a few breaking changes, plus support for TypeScript 3.3 (and drops older versions!). Let’s have a quick look.

In light of the Java 12 release, we caught up with Donald Smith, Senior Director, Product Management for Java at Oracle to talk about the latest version, how the new release cadence has affected the workflow for the Java team, the new feature that he is most excited about, and more!

Java SE 12 is here and even though it’s not an LTS release, it definitely brings some important features to the table. Let’s have a look at the highlights of this new release.

Oracle’s change to the release cadence had many users deciding to switch to OpenJDK binaries. What can Zulu bring to the table of JDK alternatives? Simon Ritter goes over some of Zulu’s features.