Development News, Features, and Interviews

• Stencil web components compiler beta due soon

  The open source compiler builds web components and progressive web apps (PWAs)

• Data61 ports seL4 microkernel to RISC-V architecture

  Data61 has released an initial version of the seL4 microkernel for the RISC-V architecture

• WebAssembly gets its own IDE

  The WebAssembly Studio beta helps developers get up to speed on the portable code format

• Stdlib roadmap: JavaScript will finally get a standard library

  Details emerge as to what the expansive standard library will offer—as well as its focus on numerical and scientific computing applications

• 15 Java frameworks that give developers a boost

  Java development frameworks can help developers get an application up and running faster, offering code reuse and eliminating the task of building boilerplate code

• Rust and JavaScript interoperability coming via WebAssembly

  Mozillas’s goal is to make Rust a web language like JavaScript, for use alongside WebAssembly and JavaScript in web apps

• What’s new in Rust 1.25

  Rust Version 1.25 keeps pace with WebAssembly and improves the Cargo command-line interface

• Java 11 roadmap: The new features you can expect

  CORBA, Java EE, and JavaFX support will be removed, while just a handful of new features are being added—so far

• How to overcome organisational barriers to adopting artificial intelligence

  Technology that seems to think for itself raises concerns in humans. People inherently distrust autonomous machines and artificial intelligence (AI) can seem scary for many people. As AI becomes a fact of life in daily business, this fear of the unknown can significantly hinder project leaders tasked with getting buy-in across an organisation for adopting AI-based tools.

• Git essentials: Get started with Git version control

  Learn how Git manages versions and how to install the necessary software to access Git servers where your software project will be stored

• Ruby (finally) gains in popularity, but Go plateaus

  No longer an up-and-comer, Ruby seems to be settling in as a mature language for the long term

• What’s new in the F# programming language

  The main behavioral change makes F# tuple types and System.Tuple types completely synonymous

• JavaFX will be removed from the Java JDK

  Oracle’s rich media web technology will be broken out of standard Java as of JDK 11, and will proceed at its own pace

• Tech Talk: The fate of developers (and the future of mobile)

  These could be the best of times, or the worst of times to be a developer, given how fast technology (and skills) change. Our experts weigh in on that conundrum – and on what we learned from Mobile World Congress.

• What’s new in the ASP.Net Core 2.1 web framework

  Functional tests for MVC apps gets attention through a new Nuget package in the first beta

• What’s new in the Spring Boot 2.0 builder for Java apps

  The first major Spring Boot upgrade in four years supports Java 9 and Spring Framework 5

• Go gains a foothold in the workplace

  Developers are using Go at work more, as more businesses see it as critical

• Angular roadmap: What’s next for Google’s web framework

  The use of open source Bazel, a multilanguage tool for building and testing software, and the Ivy renderer top the planned new features

• What’s new in Google’s Dart language

  Dart 2 has been rebooted for client-side web and mobile development

• What’s new in Apache’s NetBeans IDE for Java 9

  The beta of the NetBeans Version 9.0 IDE supports Java 9’s new Java Module System