Python surges past Java in Tiobe language index
Python ranks as the second most popular programming language in the November index, with C first and Java slipping to third place.
Stories by By Paul Krill
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IBM adds code risk analyser to cloud-based CI/CD
IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery’s Code Risk Analyser scans Python, Node.js, and Java source code in Git repositories for security and legal risks.
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Microsoft brings .NET dev to Apache Spark
.NET for Apache Spark 1.0 provides high-performance .NET APIs to Apache Spark including Spark SQL, Spark Streaming, and MLlib.
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Microsoft addresses Visual Studio extension woes
Microsoft is working on a new extensibility model for its signature Visual Studio IDE, with the goals of improving the reliability of extensions.
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Azul unveils migration services from Oracle Java
Azul offers two levels of migration services to entice enterprises to make the move from Oracle Java to Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK.
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Microsoft Blazor gains Infragistic UI toolkit support
Ignite UI for Blazor combines a data grid with interactive charts, graphs, maps, and other web UI components.
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MongoDB Atlas unveils multi-cloud cluster support
MongoDB Atlas database-as-a-service now allows distributed MongoDB databases to span the AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft clouds.
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BizOps Manifesto urges business-tech alignment
Coalition sets down 14 guiding principles to ensure that digital transformation projects meet business objectives.
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Android Studio improves machine learning support
Android Studio 4.1 highlights include a database inspector and easier import of TensorFlow Lite models into Android apps.
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GitHub adds CodeQL scanning for security bugs
GitHub users can draw on ready-made and custom CodeQL queries to discover security vulnerabilities in their codebases.
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Azure Databricks previews Proton query engine
Microsoft and Databricks say the vectorised query engine written in C++ accelerates Apache Spark workloads by up to 20x.
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Microsoft taps LLVM for quantum computing
Using LLVM, Microsoft has created a common interface between programming languages and target quantum computers.
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Apple’s Swift language comes to Windows
More work remains to be done in the porting effort, but Windows support is now good enough for early adopters to get started.
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Report: Developers have been more productive during Covid-19
A survey of hundreds of developers across 26 countries suggests that software developers are more productive working remotely.
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Oracle open sources Java machine learning library
Tribuo offers tools for deploying classification, clustering and regression models in Java, along with interfaces to TensorFlow, XGBoost and ONNX.
