Articles by Paul Krill

With the recent release of Git 2.26, the open source distributed version control system uses version 2 of Git’s network fetch protocol by default.This protocol, introduced in 2018, addresses a problem with the old protocol, whereby a server would im…

With the COVID-19 virus putting millions of more people into the “working from home” category, cloud service providers are being put to the test. In response, global cloud leaders are stress-testing their infrastructure and activating pandemic-speci…

Microsoft has released version 16.5 of its Visual Studio 2019 IDE, with enhancements for mobile development, debugging, and C++. Released March 16, the new version of Visual Studio 2019 is available from the Visual Studio website.Visual Studio 2019 …

Microsoft has released version 16.5 of its Visual Studio 2019 IDE, with enhancements for mobile development, debugging, and C++. Released March 16, the new version of Visual Studio 2019 is available from the Visual Studio website.Visual Studio 2019 …

JavaFX 14, the latest version of the open source, Java-based, rich client application platform, has arrived. The new version features improvements related to the top-level API as well as mobile development.For the API, functionality was added to mak…

JavaFX 14, the latest version of the open source, Java-based, rich client application platform, has arrived. The new version features improvements related to the top-level API as well as mobile development.For the API, functionality was added to mak…

Microsoft-owned GitHub has signed an agreement to purchase JavaScript package registry provider NPM, with plans to integrate the two platforms and move the private NPM packages of paying NPM customers to the GitHub Packages registry. NPM will focus …

Java 8 was released six years ago this month and has been succeeded by several other Java versions. Nevertheless, Java 8 — aka Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 — is likely the most-used version of Java today, an Oracle official acknowledged on March 12….

Next.js, positioned as a React framework for the enterprise, is available in a new version that emphasizes static site generation. The update, Next.js 9.3, was released on March 9.Next.js 9.3 includes API additions that provide built-in, optimized s…

A new upgrade to Kotlin, the JetBrains-created statically typed programming language for JVM and Android development, puts an emphasis on improving existing functionality in areas such as the standard library while not adding new features.Highlighti…