Microsoft Visual Studio gets .NET Core debugging – on WSL2
Hands On'Higher fidelity local debugging experience' than debugging on Windows and deploying to Linux
13 Jul 2020 |
Tim is based in the UK, and covers software development, open-source software, cloud platforms, and more for The Register.
Commons cause: IBM, Oracle, CNCF protest over Google's handling of Istio governance
Deep upset at what is perceived as broken commitments
09 Jul 2020 | 2
.NET Core: Still a Microsoft platform thing despite more than five years open source
CommentMaking .NET cross-platform was a radical step but not enough for broad appeal
09 Jul 2020 | 146
Google forges Open Usage Commons to manage open-source project trademarks, lobs hot-potato Istio at it
Marks for Angular and Gerrit also handled by org designed to provide 'guidance' to industry
08 Jul 2020 | 2
Go on, devs, have a Flutter on Linux desktop apps: Google and Canonical launch alpha SDK
App framework extends its reach to Canonical's Snap Store
08 Jul 2020 | 7
LibreOffice community protests at promotion of paid-for editions, board says: 'LibreOffice will always be free software'
UpdatedEnterprise edition ahoy as project tries to puzzle out its business model
07 Jul 2020 | 151
Microsoft integrates Azure Functions with Dapr – for when you run Azure Functions outside Azure. Confused yet?
It's all about Kubernetes, Program Manager Jeff Hollan tells The Reg
07 Jul 2020 |
Linux kernel coders propose inclusive terminology coding guidelines, note: 'Arguments about why people should not be offended do not scale'
Move won't fix 'brutal system of human misery' but aims to encourage participation
06 Jul 2020 | 298
AWS attempts to woo devs with new tool aimed at porting .NET applications to Linux
Bezos' bunch beats Microsoft to the punch, though it has limited use for now
03 Jul 2020 | 8
Dutch national broadcaster saw ad revenue rise when it stopped tracking users. It's meant to work like that, right?
Brave browser's policy officer questions efficacy of personalised ads
03 Jul 2020 | 71
Scala contributor: Open source and diversity key to tackling dev skills shortage
Open Source Summit'If diversity is not important to you, then at least you might care about the bottom line'
02 Jul 2020 | 27
Firefox 78: Protections dashboard, new developer features... and the end of the line for older macOS versions
New Regular Expression evaluator borrowed from Chromium V8 – a sign of more collaboration to come?
01 Jul 2020 | 19
Linux Mint 20 isn't exactly bursting with freshness but, hey, there's kernel 5.4 and it's a long-term support release
Oh Snap: Based on Ubuntu but without package manager. Warpinator anyone?
01 Jul 2020 | 87
'It's really hard to find maintainers...' Linus Torvalds ponders the future of Linux
Will code move on to a language such as Rust? 'I'm convinced it's going to happen' says kernel colonel
30 Jun 2020 | 164
LibreOffice slips out another 7.0 beta: Spreadsheets close gap with Excel while macOS users treated to new icons
Skia and Vulkan graphics in Windows version, better compatibility and performance
30 Jun 2020 | 69
When one open-source package riddled with vulns pulls in dozens of others, what's a dev to do?
Snyk survey puts cross-site scripting top of the list for security holes – but watch out for prototype pollution too
26 Jun 2020 | 48
Honey, I built the app! Amazon's beta no-code dev platform is great for ad-hoc stuff, but not much else – yet
Little more than online spreadsheets shared with a private team for now
25 Jun 2020 | 22
GitHub redesign goes mobile-friendly – to chagrin of devs who shockingly do a lot of work on proper computers
Code shack is a great place for others to collaborate, but not so strong at collaboration for itself
25 Jun 2020 | 37
Apple's new WidgetKit: Windows Phone Live Tiles done right?
WWDCSeparating widgets from App Icons is how Apple will avoid Microsoft's mistake
24 Jun 2020 | 14
Eclipse Foundation releases Jakarta EE 9 preview, adopts AdoptOpenJDK
InterviewThe big release with nothing in it. Thanks Oracle!
24 Jun 2020 | 3
HashiCorp Cloud Platform unveiled – but in private beta for AWS only
Kubernetes? 'A huge set of workloads get excluded' by it, says HashiCorp
23 Jun 2020 |
Features vs compatibility: Google Chrome team promises more 'rigour', but what does that mean?
Fixing scrolling issues and CSS flexbox but fears of browser monoculture remain
22 Jun 2020 | 9
Google isn't even trying to not be creepy: 'Continuous Match Mode' in Assistant will listen to everything until it's disabled
I always feel like / somebody's dropping eaves / and I have no privacy
19 Jun 2020 | 61
Chrome extensions are 'the new rootkit' say researchers linking surveillance campaign to Israeli registrar Galcomm
UpdatedGalcomm retorts: 'The report is at least irresponsible, if not worse'
18 Jun 2020 | 33
