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| Here's a look at today's Dev briefing. - Kotlin reached the 15th spot in the Tiobe Index for November.
- Google resumed the transition to Manifest V3.
- Lunar.dev emerged from stealth and raised $6M in seed funding.
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| 1 | | Kotlin recorded a 0.17% MoM gain on the Tiobe Index for November and moved from the 18th spot to the 15th. Kotlin broke into the Top 20 list in September with a 0.9% popularity rating. More: - Kotlin's current rating of 1.15% surpassed its peak rating of 1% when it was launched by Google in 2017.
- Tiobe Software's CEO Paul Jansen predicted that Kotlin would reach a top 10 position and noted that its rise to the "big 4" awaits further exploration.
- Kotlin ranked 28th in the Tiobe Index's popularity rating for November 2022.
- C# registered the highest MoM gain of 3.4%. Java (-3.63%), C (-3.31%), and Python (-3.02%) experienced the largest declines.
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| 2 | | Google announced it is resuming its transition to Manifest V3 after halting the planned deprecation of Manifest V2 last December. Google has made several changes to address gaps identified based on developer feedback. More: - New adjustments coming to Manifest V3 include the introduction of Offscreen Documents, improved control over service worker lifetimes for extensions called extension APIs, a new User Scripts API, and enhanced content filtering support.
- Google also added new features, such as the Side Panel API and the Reading List API, currently in beta.
- Google said it would start disabling Manifest V2 extensions as early as June 2024 in Chrome 127 and later, following which Manifest V2 extensions will be disabled for impacted users.
- Enterprises utilizing the ExtensionManifestV2Availability policy will receive an extended timeframe until June 2025 to migrate their Manifest V2 extensions.
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| 3 | | ServiceNow announced the expansion of Now Assist generative AI capabilities to enhance developer productivity. The Now Assist in Virtual Agent, flow generation, and Now Assist for Field Service Management are available for all customers through the ServiceNow Store. More: - Flow generation enables Admins and developers to expedite workflow development by transforming natural language input into low-code workflow blueprints, eliminating the need for building flow automations from scratch.
- After establishing the initial workflow, developers can seamlessly make continuous adjustments and refinements using its no-code design interface in App Engine.
- Additionally, ServiceNow rolled out new capabilities to accelerate digital transformation through a natural language GenAI interface integrated with the service catalog, streamlining access to information and desired actions.
- ServiceNow claims the new products and offerings boost productivity by reducing the time spent by workers on searching, summarizing, and creating basic information.
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| 4 | | Lunar.dev emerged from stealth and launched an open-source version of its tool. The startup raised $6M in a seed funding round led by Uncork Capital with participation from Angular Ventures. More: - Lunar.dev's API consumption management solution provides complete oversight and control over an organization's API usage to identify performance bottlenecks, production issues, and unexpected costs.
- It offers real-time mitigations, such as API quota management, unified throttling policies, or caching, which can be implemented without code changes.
- Since its soft launch in June, Lunar.dev added a load balancing policy, remedy chaining feature, smart caching policy, retry policy, and authentication handling.
- The Israel-based startup plans to use the new capital to expand its open-source platform and develop its commercial SaaS offering, which will launch next year.
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- JetBrains released the Kotlin Multiplatform Development Roadmap for 2024 following the stable release of Kotlin Multiplatform.
- The Python Package Index completed its first external security audit in partnership with the Open Technology Fund (OTF), which financially supported the initiative.
- According to Sweden's digital rights organization Qurium, hundreds of websites, including the ones of private businesses, universities, and public libraries, were cloned to run ads for a China-based gambling company called 188bet.
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 | Analyst | | Sudarshan lives in Toronto, Canada, and is an engineering graduate. He is passionate about business, tech, entrepreneurship, and politics. FUN FACT: Sudarshan worked for the election campaign teams of two heads of state in India. When he is not busy with work, he enjoys hiking, playing cricket, and cooking. | | This newsletter was edited by Aaron Crutchfield | |
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