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Ruby on Rails creator: 7.0 ‘is the version of Rails I’ve been longing for’

David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails, says 7.0 is the version he’s “been longing for”.

Version 7.0 was released last Wednesday and brings with it several major upgrades:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWFrUwAN88

Hansson says 7.0 is “the one where all the cards are on the table. No more tricks up our sleeves. The culmination of years of progress on five different fronts at once.”

Among the back-end upgrades is the ability for...

20 December 2021 | Databases

2021 Stack Overflow Survey: React.js takes the web framework crown, Python is in-demand, and devs still love Rust

The 2021 edition of Stack Overflow’s developer survey features both substantial changes in the landscape while other elements have remained stubbornly resilient.

In a blog post, Stack Overflow’s Ben Popper and David Gibson wrote:

“This year’s survey was a little different than ones in years past. We opened our 2020 survey in February, and by the time we got around to publishing the results, the reality of work and daily life had shifted dramatically for people...

3 August 2021 | Development Tools

Google announces raft of Play Store security policy updates

Google has announced a number of changes to its Play Store security policies that will come into effect over the coming year.

Starting in September, a new section will be added to Google’s Enforcement policy that will mean inactive or otherwise abandoned developer accounts will be closed after one year of dormancy.

October will see various policies introduced on different dates.

On 15 October, the Device and Network Abuse policy will be clarified to prohibit...

30 July 2021 | Android

SlashData: JavaScript and Python boast largest developer communities

A new report from SlashData highlights the huge growth in the global developer community over the past six months.

The developer economy research specialists estimate there are now 24.3 million global developers, as of Q1 2021. This has increased by around 14 percent from 21.3 million in October 2020.

JavaScript continues to attract new developers with around 1.4 million more than six months ago. The language also has, by some distance, the largest developer community at...

27 April 2021 | Java

O’Reilly: Python leads languages, React for web development, and ML/AI interest grows

Education giant O’Reilly has released data about its online platform which highlights some interesting software development trends.

The headline finding is that Python continues to be the programming language with the most interest.

Given the growth in topics relating to Python such as AI – and the language often considered the best to pick up for new developers – it’ll perhaps come of little surprise to hear of its popularity.

O’Reilly highlights...

27 January 2021 | JavaScript

Codota secures $12m series A funding for AI which automates code suggestions

Israel-based startup Codota has raised $12 million (£9.6m) in a series A funding round to build on its AI-flavoured product which aims to improve developer productivity.

The company's platform aims to be the dev equivalent of Gmail's Smart Compose, providing suggestions to coders based on an analysis of 'millions' of code repositories. In the company's own words, it 'automates all predictable parts of the development cycle, such as looking up syntax and applying the best...