An anonymous reader shared this report from InfoWorld:

JetBrains is previewing a dedicated IDE for the Rust programming language, called RustRover, which combines coding assistance with an integrated Rust toolchain. Available in preview September 13,…

Last week IEEE Spectrum released its 10th annual rankings of the Top Programming Languages.
It choose a top language for each of three categories: actively used among typical IEEE members and working software engineers, in demand by employers, or “in …

An anonymous reader shared this report from InfoWorld:
The uses of WebAssembly, aka Wasm, have grown far beyond its initial target of web applications, according to The State of WebAssembly 2023 report. But some developers remain skeptical.

Released S…

Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson has removed TypeScript from the forthcoming version 8 of the Turbo framework, saying he has “never been a fan,” but many Turbo users have protested that the decision was rushed and the change is unwelcome….

Santiago Valdarrama teaches machine learning. He posted this week on Twitter and LinkedIn that “Scrum is a cancer.” Some highlights:
I’ve been writing software for 25 years, and nothing renders a software team useless like Scrum does… We spent more t…

This month the official Rust blog announced:

For the 6th year in a row, the Rust Project conducted a survey on the Rust programming language, with participation from project maintainers, contributors, and those generally interested in the future of Ru…

The creators of four programming languages will appear together onstage for a historic conversation on September 19th.

– Adele Goldberg — Smalltalk
– Guido Van Rossum — Python
– Anders Hejlsberg — Turbo Pascal, C#, TypeScript
– Jame…

The creators of four programming languages will appear together onstage for a historic conversation on September 19th.

– Adele Goldberg — Smalltalk
– Guido Van Rossum — Python
– Anders Hejlsberg — Turbo Pascal, C#, TypeScript
– Jame…

“Amazon launches cloud service to help non-coders build apps,” read the 2020 headline at CNBC — both mobile and web applications.

But long-time Slashdot reader theodp has the rest of the story:

Customers have told us that the need for custom…

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:

During the U.S. presidential campaign of 1928, a circular published by the Republican Party claimed that if Herbert Hoover won there would be “a chicken in every pot”. Times change. When talk turned to educat…