Topic: python
SD Times news digest: Python in Visual Studio Code – September 2021 release, Elastic completes acquisition of Build.Security, Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud 2021.08
Microsoft announced the September 2021 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code, which includes a rich Python editing experience in the browser, a revamped testing experience, and a new button for running and debugging files on the editor. The new version also includes an update regarding the Microsoft Python Language Server’s end of … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Anaconda begins funding Pyston project, Google commits $10 billion to advance cybersecurity, Apache weekly update
Anaconda announced that it would begin funding the Pyston project by hiring its lead developers Kevin Modzelewski and Marius Wachtler. Pyston’s core developers will focus on building an open-source community of users, contributors, and maintainers to ensure the Pyston project’s long-term sustainability, according to the company. The project is an open-source implementation of the Python … continue reading
Latest Python Extension for VS Code release introduces faster way to set project roots
Microsoft has announced the July 2021 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code. This release introduces a quicker way of configuring project roots. According to Microsoft, a common issue developers have is that developers see diagnostics under import statements when opening new projects, but they don’t know how to resolve them. Configuring project … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Android giving extension to comply with new Play Payments Policy, Sentry performance monitoring for iOS and Release Health for Python, Sysdig to acquire Apolicy
Android stated that it would extend the September 30th deadline for adhering to the Google Play Payments policy to March 31st, 2022. Starting on July 22nd, developers can appeal for an extension through the Help Center. Android said it will review each request and get back to requests as soon as possible. Additional details are … continue reading
Report: JavaScript remains the most popular language among developers
JavaScript is the most popular language among developers. This is according to the fifth annual Developer Ecosystem Survey conducted by JetBrains with responses from 31,743 developers from 183 different countries. This finding is consistent with last year’s report, which found JavaScript to be the most widely used language. The purpose of the survey is to … continue reading
SD Times news digest: .NET Object Allocation Tool updates, Kyndryl announces new global leadership model, Brown develops new big data processing framework for Python
The .NET Object Allocation Tool received new features and a significant performance boost as of the Visual Studio 16.10 release. The tool now has support for Source Link which lets the tool pull down source files, showing where allocations are occurring even when they are not in your code. Search now has auto-complete suggestions to … continue reading
GitHub Copilot aims to help developers write better code
GitHub launched a technical preview of GitHub Copilot, a new AI pair programmer that helps developers write better code. The tool draws context from the code that’s being worked on and suggests whole lines or entire functions to suggest alternative ways to solve problems, write tests, and explore new APIs without having to search for … continue reading
Python or R: Which to choose for your next data project
When it comes to picking a language for a new data science project, developers often have to go through the debate of whether Python or R would be the best suited for the task. R is a language specifically designed for data analysis so it has a lot of useful features built in, but Python … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Scala 3 released, May 2021 Python Extension for VS Code Release, and ArmorCode emerges from stealth
Version 3 of the Scala programming language includes the latest research in type theory and many new features such as new “quiet” syntax for control structures like ‘if’, ‘while’, and ‘for’; optional braces for an indentation sensitive style of programming ;and much more. The Scala programming language combines object-oriented and functional programming in one concise, … continue reading
Mozilla’s Pyodide becomes an independent and community-driven project
Pyodide, Mozilla’s open-source project for running Python inside a web browser, has become an independent and community-driven project with a new home on GitHub. The company also announced the new 0.17 release as part of its announcement. The project aims to bring the Python runtime to the browser via WebAssembly along with NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, … continue reading
SD Times news digest: AsyncAPI joins Linux Foundation, LG closes mobile phone business, and Python 3.9.4 and 3.8.9
AsyncAPI is joining the Linux Foundation to make sure AsyncAPI stays neutral and is driven by those who are dedicated to the product. The project aims to unify all of the API specifications and to enable developers to use its tooling together with their existing OpenAPI, GraphQL, and gRPC definitions. Another goal is to enable … continue reading
PyTorch 1.8.1 comes with PyTorch Profiler
The latest version of the machine learning library PyTorch is now available. PyTorch 1.8.1 introduces the PyTorch Profiler, which is a tool for performance analysis and troubleshooting for large-scale deep learning models. According to PyTorch’s team, there was a lack of available tools for such a task, and the tools that did exist missed out … continue reading
