News Apache Pulsar 3.0 is First Long-Term Support Release By John K. WatersMay 24, 2023 The community behind the open-source Apache Pulsar all-in-one messaging and streaming platform has announced its first long-term support (LTS) release: Pulsar 3.0. This is the first of what the community promises is a new, faster release … [Read more...]

News Azul and Java on CRaC By John K. WatersMay 24, 2023 Open-source Java platform provider Azul has announced that its Zulu downstream distribution of OpenJDK now supports Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC) functionality. Azul leads the CRaC Project, which aims to improve Java startup and warmup times with a new standard … [Read more...]

The Citizen Developer 10 Characteristics of an Ideal Citizen Developer By Howard M. CohenMay 19, 2023 We're still in the early stages of the emergence of the citizen developer, so no certifications or accreditations have yet been established. There are a few nascent training courses available, but no qualification tests. And yet a steadily … [Read more...]

One on One with Automated Software Testing Expert Phil Japikse The upcoming Visual Studio Live 2-Day Hands-On Training Seminar (June 5-6, online), organized by the hard-working folks at 1105 Media (my boss) promises to be a killer opportunity for developers to update their skills and knowledge on an increasingly important topic with the potential to make their lives much easier: automated … [Read more...]

Open-Source Leadership to the European Commission: CRA Rules Pose Tech and Economic Risks to EU New cybersecurity rules for digital products proposed by the European Commission pose "unnecessary economic and technological risks to the European Union," according to a group of 12 open-source software leadership organizations. In an open letter to the Commission published last week, the group … [Read more...]

The Citizen Developer Low Code and AI Coming to a Low-Code Platform Near You: Artificial Intelligence By Howard M. CohenApril 21, 2023 In the beginning there was machine language . Each processor had its own set of instructions that could be used to instruct it to perform sequences of activities. Then came code . Advanced programmers … [Read more...]

News Amazon AI-Assisted CodeWhisperer Now Free to Individual Developers By John K. WatersApril 20, 2023 Amazon is making its CodeWhisperer AI-supported coding assistant available to individual developers for free in an apparent response to Microsoft's $10 per user per month fee for using GitHub's CoPilot. The tool, which offers coding … [Read more...]

News Eclipse Foundation Claims New Licensing Has Contributed Momentum to Open Source By John K. WatersMarch 30, 2023 The Eclipse Foundation says the chief impact of its new licensing fee structures is a significant increase in momentum for the global open-source Java ecosystem. "Breathtaking licensing changes" that affected many Java … [Read more...]

News JetBrains Releases IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, and RubyMine Updates By John K. WatersMarch 30, 2023 Software development toolmaker JetBrains has announced the 2023.1 versions of its three integrated development environments (IDE's): IntelliJ IDEA,  WebStorm, and RubyMine. IntelliJ is the company's IDE for Java and other … [Read more...]

News Oracle Releases JDK 20 First Under New License By John K. WatersMarch 27, 2023 Oracle's latest release of its reference implementation of the Java SE platform, Oracle JDK 20, was announced last week. Although this is another short-term release (as was JDK 19) that includes only six months of premium support, it comes with thousands of … [Read more...]

The Citizen Developer How to hire a Citizen Developer By Howard M. CohenMarch 16, 2023 I’m confused. Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen articles in industry publications indicating how many thousands of jobs are available for citizen developers. Not only that, but there are also plenty of postings on various company websites, job … [Read more...]

Microsoft Unveils Copilot-Assisted Future for Devs Microsoft announced the next step in its evolving generative AI strategy on Thursday with news that its ubiquitous Office suite will soon support natural language (NL) interactions. But while NL-powered versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams are sure to grab mainstream headlines, developers learned that Redmond is also … [Read more...]

The Citizen Developer The Citizen Developer as Ideal Digital Transformer By Howard M. CohenFebruary 21, 2023 The emergence of the citizen developer was inevitable, and makes so much sense on so many levels. One contributing factor is the continuing improvement of technology. Especially with the introduction and rapid growth of … [Read more...]

News Gradle Inc. Speeds Scala Compiler Times with Triplequote Acquisition By John K. WatersFebruary 21, 2023 Grade, Inc., the company behind the commercial version of the open-source Gradle build automation tool, Gradle Enterprise, has announced the acquisition of Swiss-based software development technology provider Triplequote. With … [Read more...]

News Payara Now Part of the Eclipse Foundation's MicroProfile Working Group By John K. WatersFebruary 8, 2023 Payara, the company behind the popular fork of the open-source GlassFish application server, has joined the Eclipse Foundation's MicroProfile Working Group, the company announced last week. The MicroProfile specification … [Read more...]

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News Red Hat-Oracle Collaboration Brings Red Hat Enterprise Linux to OCI By John K. WatersFebruary 1, 2023 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is now certified to run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle's cloud services platform, as a supported operating system, the two companies announced recently. The move is part of a multi-stage … [Read more...]

My 'Conversation' with ChatGPT about What Devs Need to Know I've been on this beat for a long time, and I can't remember a piece of software catching fire with the mainstream media—from cable news to late-night talk shows—quite like ChatGPT. The folks at OpenAI, which developed the conversational chatbot, claimed an increase of 1 million users in one week in December. Microsoft just announced … [Read more...]

The Citizen Developer In the Beginning By Howard M. CohenJanuary 18, 2023 There’s always a first. Some say the first tool for citizen developers was Apple’s HyperCard in 1987. Others see it as the first practical application of hypertext transport protocol (http). Most agree that Gartner was the first to introduce the term at the … [Read more...]

News SingularityCE Now Accessible for Enterprise Linux By John K. WatersJanuary 11, 2023 High-performance container runtime technology provider Sylabs announced this week that its SingularityCE offering is now accessible for Enterprise Linux users through the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository. Maintained since 2017 … [Read more...]