New Signals Proposal Seeks to Formalize Reactive Programming Primitives in JavaScript
The JavaScript language recently added the Signals proposal (currently in Stage 1) to the list of candidate features striving to improve the language. The Signals proposal seeks to provide common primitives primarily for framework maintainers to implem...
The Deno Team Releases JSR, a New JavaScript Package Registry
The Deno team recently beta released JSR, a new JavaScript registry that strives to better fit the current needs of modern development and unify a fragmented JavaScript ecosystem. In particular, JSR embraces ESM (JavaScript native modules), natively ac...
Running PostgreSQL in the Browser with WebAssembly
With the recently released PGlite, a WASM build of Postgres that is packaged into a TypeScript client library, developers can run Postgres queries in the browser with no extra dependencies. PGlite is used for reactive, real-time, local-first apps. By B...
Rust-Written Borgo Language Brings Algebraic Data Types and More to Go
Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go and strives to be interoperable with the existing Go ecosystem. The Borgo language adds to Go algebraic data types, pattern matching, Option and Result types, and more Rust-inspired syntax. The B...
Deno 1.40 Released, Features Upcoming JavaScript’s Temporal API and Decorators
The Deno team recently released Deno 1.40. Deno 1.40 implements upcoming JavaScript’s Temporal API for advanced date and time operations; and the latest JavaScript’s decorator proposal for meta- and aspect-oriented programming. By Bruno Couriol
The Creators of the Atom Code Editor Open-Sourced Zed, Their New Rust-Based High-Performance Editor
Nathan Sobo recently open-sourced Zed, a code editor that focuses on performance, integrates AI capabilities, and supports software teams’ collaboration out of the box. For performance, Zed leverages a Rust code base, multicore- and GPU-optimized code,...
Microsoft Copilot Studio Enables AI-Driven Conversational Interfaces for Business Applications
Microsoft recently announced the low-code tool Microsoft Copilot Studio at Ignite 2023. Copilot Studio users can both build standalone copilots and customize Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 — thus using AI-driven conversational capabilities for ad-...