Developers working with mature DevOps practices much more likely to enjoy their work

Enterprise software provider Sonatype has found a clear connection between DevOps and developer job satisfaction in its seventh annual DevSecOps Community Survey. According to its findings, developers working within mature DevOps practices are 1.5 times more likely to enjoy their work and 1.6 times at chance of recommending their employer to prospects.

The findings reveal that development velocity is quickly gaining momentum, with 55 per cent of respondents deploying code to...

8 April 2020 | Development Tools

State of JavaScript survey: Svelte and Nuxt good, Angular and Cordova bad

The latest survey data assessing the JavaScript ecosystem is in, with a heady mix of winners and losers – but a continuing stream of innovation in features and libraries.

The 2019 State of JavaScript study, published at the end of last month, saw more than 21,000 respondents – albeit more than 91% were male – with two thirds (64%) having between two and 10 years’ experience with...

3 January 2020 | API

Apple’s September event developer updates: iOS 13, watchOS 6, Apple Arcade, and more

The Apple September event may not be as important for developers as the WWDC back in June, but there is still plenty for folks to be getting on with, from updates to OS app development, gaming, and more.

First of all, developers are now invited to submit updated applications for iOS 13, arriving this time next week. A post on the Apple developer page noted that by April 2020, all new apps and app updates...

13 September 2019 | Developer

Intel launches new C++-based language as part of One API plans

Intel is putting together a new programming language aimed at simplifying development across workloads and architectures as part of its ‘One API’ initiative.

Data Parallel C++ (DPC++), naturally based on C++ but also incorporating elements of SYCL from The Khronos Group, is touted as being an ‘open, cross-industry alternative to single architecture proprietary languages.’

24 June 2019 | API

W3C and WHATWG come together for HTML and DOM specifications

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) will collaborate on developing a single version of the HTML and DOM specifications – in a move which may help bring the two factions closer together.

The memorandum of understanding means both parties will endeavour to pursue the following path:

W3C and WHATWG will work together on HTML and...

29 May 2019 | Development Tools

Python overtakes JavaScript as most queried language on Stack Overflow, new data shows

A new study from crowdsourced QA testers Global App Testing has explored developers’ biggest pain points, with Python dethroning JavaScript as Stack Overflow’s most questioned programming language.

The research focused on JavaScript, Python, R, Ruby, C#, C++, Java, Objective-C, Swift, PHP and SQL – not so much 11 languages but 10 languages and a database – and went through a...

1 March 2019 | Development Tools

Amazon Web Services opens up machine learning courses to all developers – for free

If you want to get on board with machine learning, then there may be good news from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The cloud giant has opened up its machine learning courses previously used to train Amazon engineers to all developers.

There are more than 30 digital courses totalling more than 45 hours of material, focusing on four key groups: developers, data scientists, data platform engineers, and business...

27 November 2018 | Artificial Intelligence

Uber joins Linux Foundation in further nod to open source commitment

Uber has joined the Linux Foundation as a gold member, firming up a long-standing commitment to open source technologies.

The ridesharing firm, which is working on more than 300 open source projects, said it was looking forward to collaborate with other open source leaders to solve problems and further promote open source adoption globally.

One of the...

19 November 2018 | Platforms