What is Markdown? Lightweight text formatting for human beings
The Markdown text format makes it easy for people—not only software developers but anyone with a keyboard—to write text that can be converted readily into HTML or another rich format. What’s special about Markdown is it uses plain-text syntax fo...
Putting agentic AI to work in Firebase Studio
Agents are the big story in AI now. Putting agentic AI to work in software engineering can be done in a variety of ways. Some agents work independently of the developer’s environment, working essentially like a remote developer. For example, Cogni...
Five rules for dealing with Booleans
Booleans are deceptively simple. They look harmless—just true or false, right? What could possibly go wrong? But when you actually use them, they quickly become a minefield. After years of coding, I have learned to tread very lightly when dealing...
Booleans considered harmful
Booleans are deceptively simple. They look harmless—just true or false, right? What could possibly go wrong? But when you actually use them, they quickly become a minefield. After years of coding, I have learned to tread very lightly when dealing...
Five rules for coding with Booleans
Booleans are deceptively simple. They look harmless—just true or false, right? What could possibly go wrong? But when you actually use them, they quickly become a minefield. After years of coding, I have learned to tread very lightly when dealing...
Why Microsoft is unifying data and AI within Fabric
Microsoft says that the future of AI-based applications lies in unifying data and intelligence, and that new updates to its data and analytics platform, Fabric, are a step in that direction. Announced at the company’s ongoing Build conference, the u...
GitHub unveils coding agent for GitHub Copilot
GitHub has introduced a new coding agent for its GitHub Copilot AI-powered programming assistant. Embedded into GitHub, the agent launches its own development environment with GitHub Actions to implement a task or issue. Introduced May 19, the GitHub ...
Cloud asset management: A crucial missing ingredient
Most companies are in a race to diversify their cloud resources, motivated by the benefits of scalable, innovative, and effective operational capabilities. Despite dedicating large percentages of the budget to implement migration strategies, hybrid so...
Rust 1.87 shines on anonymous pipes, architecture intrinsics
The Rust Release Team has shipped Rust 1.87, an update to the fast and safe programming language that features accommodations for anonymous pipes and architecture intrinsics. The new release was announced May 15, the same day as Rust’s 10th annivers...
.NET Aspire 9.3 is here and enhanced with GitHub Copilot!
.NET Aspire 9.3 is the biggest release of .NET Aspire yet, with the introduction of GitHub Copilot directly into the .NET Aspire Dashboard, updates for integrations, app model enhancements, and more. The post .NET Aspire 9.3 is here and enhanced with G...
Accelerate Your .NET Upgrades with GitHub Copilot
Upgrade your .NET apps with confidence! Introducing our newest AI-powered upgrade experience, GitHub Copilot app modernization - Upgrade for .NET. The post Accelerate Your .NET Upgrades with GitHub Copilot appeared first on .NET Blog.
What comes after Stack Overflow?
For more than a decade, Stack Overflow has been the go-to forum for developers seeking answers to coding questions. At its peak in the mid-2010s, the site saw more than 200,000 new questions each month. Those days are gone. Since the arrival of AI ass...
How we replaced Azure Redis with Memcached
In cloud architecture, we often prioritize performance, scale, and security, but they can come with surprising costs. In one of our Azure-based deployments, our team discovered that a seemingly simple caching solution—designed only to support basic ...
The best Java certifications for software developers
Java, which turns 30 this month, remains one of the most widely used programming languages in the world. Launched in 1995 and employed by many of the largest enterprises globally, Java is used to develop a range of business applications, mobile apps, ...
Google I/O 2025: All eyes on AI and Gemini
If you’re ready for a break from artificial intelligence, Google I/O won’t be your safe haven. The annual developer conference — which starts next week in Mountain View, Calif. — and also offers a large virtual option, is expected to focus hea...
Visual Studio previews agent mode for multi-step coding tasks
Microsoft has announced the general release of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14, an update of the company’s flagship integrated development environment (IDE) that adds support for agent mode and other AI-assisted development features from GitHub Co...
