CheerpJ Java-to-JavaScript compiler boosts exception handling, native methods
Version 2.1 of the CheerpJ Java-to-WebAssembly-and-JavaScript compiler, released April 6, brings optimizations to exception handling and native methods. Described as a maintenance release, CheerpJ 2.1 introduces optimizations for exception handling, [...]
Nextstrain seeks JavaScript developers to combat COVID-19
Nextstrain, an open source project to provide real-time tracking information about the evolution of pathogens, has put out a call for JavaScript developers to help build out its interactive web [...]
Visual Studio Code extension flags NPM vulnerabilities
Security developer Snyk has published a free extension for Microsoft’s popular Visual Studio Code editor that finds vulnerabilities in NPM packages. Introduced April 2, the open source Snyk Vuln Cost [...]
Docker’s Compose specification is now an open standard
Docker Compose, the system created by Docker to define multi-container applications, is now to be developed as an open standard. The Compose Specification, as the new standard is called, is [...]
17 clever APIs for every developer whim
The poets like to say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Fantasy writers say the journey to the magical land lies through the door hidden in the [...]
How to use LoggerMessage in ASP.NET Core 3.0
ASP.NET Core is an open source, cross-platform, lean, and modular framework for building high-performance, scalable web applications. ASP.NET Core comes up with a built-in logging framework out-of-the-box. It is available [...]
Microsoft .NET 5 Preview 2 brings RyuJIT and GC improvements
Microsoft has published a second preview of .NET 5. A merger of .NET Standard and .NET Core that is intended to unify the .NET platform, .NET 5 is described by [...]
Are you overengineering your cloud apps?
Those of us who owned motorcycles over the years know that a “bone stock” bike won’t be stock for long. It’s common to replace the exhaust system with aftermarket, much [...]
C++ proposal dismisses backward compatibility
A working group of the C++ language standards committee has floated a proposal to evolve the language with an emphasis on safety and simplicity, rather than backward and binary compatibility, raising [...]