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Now we’ve received confirmation of Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub, we’ve gathered some views of developers around the web. GitHub is quite universally beloved in the developer community, but the same cannot quite be said for Microsoft. The company remains divisive; with many either being fans, or believing it’s poison to all it touches. Looking at the…
Java remains one of the most popular programming languages to learn, thanks to its long history and reputation for being easy to pick up yet difficult to master. After you get through the initial tutorials and become more comfortable in the language, finding out how to progress further can be difficult. This article is intended…
Former executives from Xbox, Atari, Dell, Unity, Uber, and Time Warner have joined forces to create Ultra, a blockchain platform aiming to revolutionise game distribution. Game distribution is monopolised with leading players take advantage of their position to take large cuts from developers’ work. Nicolas Gilot, Co-CEO of Ultra. says: “The success of Steam, Google,…
Social messaging giant Snapchat has become somewhat renowned for its AR features, and it appears some of those will soon be in the hands of developers. According to TechCrunch, Snapchat is preparing the launch of its first complete developer platform under the tentative name of Snapkit. Prototypes of the platform reportedly allow other apps to…
Online developer community Stack Overflow has posted its latest UK and Ireland Developer Hiring Landscape report, providing insights on the nations’ workforce. The results are based on ‘the largest survey of software developers ever’ with over 100,000 respondents. Developer Salaries Developers in England receive a median salary of £45,000, compared to £42,000 in Scotland, £41,500…
Prolific leaker Evan Blass (of @evleaks and Venture Beat fame) produced a rather interesting morsel this week: reportedly, Samsung employees have been spotted wearing smartwatches running Wear OS, rather than Samsung's own Tizen operating system. Samsung has been committed to its homegrown platform for a few years now, with Gear smartwatches and fitness trackers exclusively using the Tizen OS,…
So, you're an intermediate Python programmer. You've earned that title through coming into Python after knowing another language, or by going through Python tutorials or classes until you felt confident enough in the basics. That's great. Now, it's time to really spread your wings and really start thinking in a Pythonic way. Here are ten of…
Arm is best known for its mobile CPU and GPU processors, but the company is keen to also show its expertise in more emerging fields. This week, Arm unveiled its new Project Trillium machine learning processor (MLP), three months after first revealing its existence. The MLP exists to allow smartphones and tablets to perform machine…
Earlier this month, Microsoft proudly announced it had brought *nix end-of-line support to Notepad, more than a decade after it was first requested. The excitement from developers seems to have been quite palpable, as Microsoft has returned to the subject of Notepad in its latest MSDN blog. In the blog, Microsoft reveals that Notepad is one of the…