Software Development Round-Up

A Collection of Top Software Development News, Articles, Presentations April 2024 [InfoQ] Software Development Round-Up Sponsored by [Microsoft Azure] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top News](#news), [Top Articles](#top-articles), [Top Presentations & Podcasts](#top-presentations-and-podcasts) In this special newsletter we bring you up to date on all the new content and news related to Software Engineering Culture on InfoQ. We are also maintaining a portal page for this content on InfoQ at: [(. [] Latest Content on InfoQ [Will C++ Become a Safe Language Like Rust and Others?]( (news, Apr 07, 2024) [The Impact of Testing in Software Teams]( (news, Apr 04, 2024) [Visual Studio Code: Unity Extension Now Generally Available]( (news, Apr 03, 2024) [Transactional Serverless Computing: PostgreSQL Creator Announces DBOS Cloud]( (news, Mar 30, 2024) [How to Tame Technical Debt in Software Development]( (news, Mar 28, 2024) [[eBook] Kubernetes Best Practices, 2nd Edition]( Get blueprints to build, deploy, and manage a successful multitier app in Kubernetes. Expand your working knowledge of Kubernetes with the latest edition of Kubernetes Best Practices. The revised chapters provide you with the tools to integrate Kubernetes clusters into your enterprise environment. [Download now](. Sponsored content [[eBook] Kubernetes Best Practices, 2nd Edition - Sponsored by Microsoft Azure]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [Lapce is a Native Open-Source Code Editor Written in Rust and Supporting Remote Development]( (news, Mar 07, 2024) [JDK 22 and JDK 23: What We Know So Far]( (news, Mar 04, 2024) [JavaScript: Empowered by Rust]( (presentations, Mar 04, 2024) [McDonald's Streamlines CI with GitHub Actions and Reusable Workflows]( (news, Mar 13, 2024) [Data Solutions Framework: an Open Source Project for Building Data Solutions on AWS]( (news, Mar 02, 2024) [] Top News [Apache Pekko: Simplifying Concurrent Development with the Actor Model]( Apache Pekko is an open-source framework designed to simplify the development of concurrent, distributed, resilient, and elastic applications. Leveraging the Actor Model, Pekko offers high-level abstractions for concurrency, allowing developers to focus on business logic rather than low-level implementation details. [Decathlon Adopts Backend for Frontend (BFF) Pattern to Empower FE Teams]( Decathlon established the Backend For Frontend (BFF) architectural pattern as a company-wide recommendation and provided guidelines for its adoption among engineering teams. The four-part series introduces the pattern and explores its benefits and potential pitfalls. The company also shares available alternatives to using the BFF pattern and reviews architectural considerations. [Microsoft Introduces Static Web Apps' New Feature: Distributed Functions for Enhanced Performance]( Microsoft has announced a new Azure Static Web Apps feature called distributed functions. It automatically distributes managed functions to high-demand regions of Static Web Apps. [Develop and deploy intelligent apps with Serverless and Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure]( Learn how to build an enterprise-grade solution on Azure by deconstructing an open-source reference sample. Discover how to deploy intelligent apps with OpenAI on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), use AKS to build your own AI models with Kaito, and more. [Watch now](. Sponsored content [Develop and deploy intelligent apps with Serverless and Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure - Sponsored by Microsoft Azure]( [Google BigQuery Introduces Vector Search]( Google recently announced that BigQuery now supports vector search. The new functionality enables vector similarity search required by data and AI use cases such as semantic search, similarity detection, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with a large language model (LLM). [Java 22 Delivers Foreign Memory & Memory API, Unnamed Variables & Patterns, and Return of JavaOne]( Oracle has released version 22 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the first non-LTS release since JDK 21, the final feature set includes 12 JEPs. Two of these - Foreign Function & Memory API and Unnamed Variables & Patterns - have completed their respective rounds of previews and are now finalized. [] Top Articles [How to Use Rust Procedural Macros to Replace Panic with syn’s Fold]( We show how to write advanced macros to step through Rust code and modify it using the standard tooling available in the syn crate and the Fold trait to recursively step through the entire function. [article]( [Relational Data at the Edge: How Cloudflare Operates Distributed PostgreSQL Clusters]( Discover how Cloudflare leverages distributed PostgreSQL clusters at the edge, tackling challenges like replication lag. The cross-region architecture ensures resilience and quick failovers. [article]( [Zero-Knowledge Proofs for the Layman]( This article presents zero-knowledge proofs, a kind of cryptography used to provide the proof of a secret, such as a private key or the solution to a problem, without sharing it to interested parties. [article]( [Article Contest: Write an Article for InfoQ and Win a Qcon or Dev Summit Ticket]( InfoQ encourages software practitioners and domain experts to submit full-length technical educational articles. [article]( [Ask the Expert: Building Intelligent Apps with Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, and Azure AI]( Get expert advice from Microsoft product teams on how to use Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure AI Services to build your latest application. [Watch now](. Sponsored content [Ask the Expert: Building Intelligent Apps with Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, and Azure AI - Sponsored by Microsoft Azure]( [] Top Presentations & Podcasts [Streamlining Cloud Development with Deno]( Ryan Dahl discusses Deno Runtime, Deno KV: a datastore anchored by ACID transactions and powered by FoundationDB, Deno Queues, and NPM in Deno. [Ryan Dahl]( [A Convoluted Path From Individual Contributor to Leadership]( In this podcast Shane Hastie spoke to Chandler Hoisington about lessons learned in his time at Amazon, transitioning from engineering into management and advice for new leaders. [podcast]( [Making Code Explain Itself – Observability Through AI]( Shane Hastie and Dr. Elizabeth Lawler, the founder and CEO of AppMap, talk about observability in the age of AI, creativity in programming and problems developers face on a day-to-day basis. [podcast]( [Connect with InfoQ on Twitter]( [Connect with InfoQ on Facebook]( [Connect with InfoQ on LinkedIn]( [Connect with InfoQ on Youtube]( You have received this message because you are subscribed to the “Special Reports Newsletter”. To stop receiving this email, please click the following link: [Unsubscribe]( C4Media Inc. (InfoQ.com), 2275 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Suite #325, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M8V 3Y3