AlgoKit blockchain toolset adds native Python support
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 by Austin Harris
The Algorand Foundation announces the launch of AlgoKit 2.0, the latest upgrade to the AlgoKit command line interface (CLI) - a simple, one-stop toolset for developers building on the Algorand protocol. AlgoKit 2.0’s native support for Python empowers developers to write Algorand apps in regular Python. The toolkit has also been internally re-a...
Managing apps on Kubernetes environments just got easier
Friday, May 7, 2021 by Richard Harris
Ambassador Labs announced the new Ambassador Developer Control Plane (DCP), which for the first time gives developers the ability to manage the entire modern software development lifecycle for Kubernetes environments using tools and processes that are familiar to them. Ambassador DCP is designed to address the challenges developers face managing a complex development li...
Tracing serverless Node.js functions
Monday, January 13, 2020 by Austin Harris
Instana announced the ability to trace serverless Node.js functions running on AWS Lambda. The new capabilities, which require zero code modification, deliver superior native serverless tracing automatically, providing performance metrics beyond, and independently from, X-Ray.
“As companies continue to push the envelope in creating smaller, more dynamic service...
Universal source code search engine emerges
Friday, November 22, 2019 by Richard Harris
Sourcegraph announced a new collaboration with GitLab, along with the world’s first universal source code search engine. The company has experienced exponential growth fueled by its expanding community of over 10,000 paid developers and tens of thousands of free open source developers who actively use its platform.
“GitLab and Sourcegraph are both oriente...
.NET Core 3.0 is here
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 by Richard Harris
Microsoft has announced the release of .NET Core 3.0. It includes many improvements, including adding Windows Forms and WPF, adding new JSON APIs, support for ARM64 and improving performance across the board. C# 8 is also part of this release, which includes nullable, async streams, and more patterns. F# 4.7 is included and focused on relaxing syntax and targeting .NET ...
Ballerina cloud native programming language launches
Friday, September 13, 2019 by Richard Harris
The growth of digital services, mobile apps, and connected devices are creating an explosion of endpoints, from APIs to events, data streams, microservices, serverless apps, and other digital assets. Developers today need a more modern and agile approach to connect to these endpoints than a traditional centralized enterprise service bus (ESB) can offer. Ballerina 1.0, n...
Creating native mobile apps without writing native code
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 by Richard Harris
Native programming can strike fear into the heart of anyone that doesn't know how to write it. While we as programmers understand our limits and capabilities, we still like to brag about the complicated function or route we just wrote. But just drop the words "Objective C, or Android Java" into the next conversation you have with fellow programmers and see...
Cloud Native SDK for Kubernetes has been launched by Pulumi
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 by Richard Harris
Pulumi Corporation announced the availability of its Cloud Native SDK for Kubernetes enabling a code-based approach to creating, deploying and managing applications across clouds including Microsoft AKS, Amazon EKS, and Google GKE, in addition to on-premises and hybrid environments. Pulumi also announced it has joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation to accelerate ...
The Tug of War Between Responsive and Native Design
Friday, September 19, 2014 by Sawyer Bateman
Let me start by saying there will always be tension between native and responsive design. As long as native operating systems are pushing the bounds of what's possible on a specific device, there will be responsive apps trying to keep up with that functionality. However, deciding what's best for your business or project isn't so simple as picking the best technology.&nb...
OpenFL Technologies and Sungame Corporation Announce Support for Glasses Free 3D
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 by Richard Harris
Sungame is working with OpenFL Technologies to provide Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) support for the free OpenFL development platform. This enables OpenFL developers, in addition to developers familiar with Flash, to quickly support glasses-free 3D devices.OpenFL developers can leverage S3D where supported, while remaining compatible with 2D screens. Games and ap...
Adobe Releases Phonegap 3.0
Friday, July 19, 2013 by Richard Harris
If you haven't taken HTML based app development seriously now might be the time to pay attention to the latest release by Adobe with version 3.0 of Phonegap. The new 3.0 version is more modular based with API's that can easily be taken in or out of your project, and will hopefully make life a little easier for the HTML based app developer.There two more notable updates,...
Famo.us Will Be Free for all
Monday, April 1, 2013 by Richard Harris
When we sat in on the famo.us presentation at Appsworld this year, it was obvious to us they were onto something good for mobile developers. A lightweight java based framework that uses HTML5 as the front end, and can pull off programming miracles with ease, including GPU based 3D rendering. But until it's officially released there has a big question mark over the price...
