Major R language update brings big changes
R 4.0.0 brings numerous and significant changes to syntax, strings, reference counting, grid units, and more
Stories by Paul Krill
What’s new in Angular 10?
Angular 10, a planned upgrade to the popular web development framework, is now in progress, with two initial beta releases of the TypeScript-based platform arriving on April 8, followed by a third beta April 15.
GitHub makes private repos free to teams
New GitHub Free plan gives teams and individual developers an unlimited number of public or private repositories.
JavaFX 14 enhances API, mobile support
New version of the Java-based rich client application platform puts mobile APIs on a par with the desktop.
GitHub to acquire NPM JavaScript package registry
GitHub plans to move NPM private registries to GitHub Packages while leaving the public NPM registry in place
PowerShell 7.0 arrives with pipeline parallelization
Major PowerShell update supports parallel execution, adds new operators, and enhances module import and error capabilities
Apache Brooklyn 1.0 arrives for autonomic cloud computing
Open source toolkit blueprints on-prem or cloud apps and reacts to health metrics to repair or scale them
Microsoft updates Visual Studio roadmap through June
Planned improvements include better integration with Git and online environments, enhancements to C++, .NET, Blazor, XAML, and Xamarin
Say goodbye to .NET Core 3.0
Microsoft has declared the end of support for .NET Core 3.0 and advised users to move to .NET Core 3.1
Microsoft’s Scalar speeds up Git
Free open source app for Windows and macOS accelerates Git commands for large repositories.
GitHub CLI brings GitHub to the command line
Command-line interface to the code hosting platform can be used for issues and pull requests.
Oracle v. Google Java copyright battle enters final round
Oracle’s nearly decade-old lawsuit against Google over Google’s use of Java is now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Swift language targets machine learning
Swift 6 roadmap also emphasizes expressive and elegant APIs and ‘fantastic’ development experience
Launchable applies machine learning to software testing
Founded by Jenkins creator Kohsuke Kawaguchi, startup promises to make software testing smarter and faster
Microsoft enables native mobile development with Blazor
Mobile Blazor Bindings allow developers to build native Android and iOS using C#, .NET, and web programming patterns
