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| Here's a look at today's Dev briefing. - ANZ Bank's research revealed GitHub Copilot improves developer productivity and code quality.
- Bloomberg reported that Apple is building an AI-based coding tool.
- Android released the first developer preview of Android 15.
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| 1 | | According to research conducted by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ Bank), GitHub Copilot helped improve the company's developer productivity and code quality. The results of the research convinced the financial institution to deploy the coding assistant in production workflows. More: - The bank's six-week research involved 100 of its 5,000 engineers to examine how developers used GitHub Copilot within Microsoft Visual Studio Code to understand its impact on programmers' productivity, code quality, and software security.
- Despite pointing to the benefits of AI-based coding tools, the research also identified a few potential risks involving intellectual property, data security, and privacy.
- During the experiment, selected developers were asked to solve six algorithmic coding challenges per week using Python.
- A GitHub survey among 500 developers revealed that 57% of developers are developing their coding language skills, while 53% are becoming more productive, and 51% are focusing on building instead of repetitive tasks through AI coding tools.
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| 2 | | Mark Gurman reported on Bloomberg that Apple is nearing completion of a new AI-based coding tool for developers. The tool, which will be part of the next major version of Xcode, has been under development for the past year. More: - Sources told Gurman that Apple is now testing the tool's features internally and is accelerating development to release it to third-party makers this year.
- The tool, which functions similarly to GitHub Copilot, is expected to be unveiled during the annual developer conference in June.
- Apple intends to pack iOS and iPadOS 18, codenamed Crystal, with several new AI features. It is considered to be the most significant update in the company's history.
- The Cupertino giant is going to take a gradual approach to AI development, and some features are not expected to be launched for years.
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| 3 | | Android released the first developer preview of version 15 with the plan to reach platform stability in June. The preview is available on Pixel 6, 7, or 8 series devices, along with Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet, and Android recommends the use of the latest preview of Android Studio Jellyfish. More: - Features focused on enhancing user privacy and security include the integration of the latest version of Privacy Sandbox, support for new data types in Health Connect, new APIs in the FileIntegrityManager to leverage the fs-verity feature in the Linux kernel, and support for partial screen sharing.
- To improve performance and developer productivity, the release introduces a power-efficiency mode, GPU and CPI work durations, and thermal headroom thresholds and continues to add OpenJDK libraries.
- Google also released Dart 3.3 with extension types to optimize performance-sensitive code, a new model for interoperating with JavaScript libraries, and improved browser libraries.
- The release includes the beta of Google AI Dart SDK that leverages Gemini's AI models for building generative AI features into Dart or Flutter apps.
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| 4 | | In a recent blog post, Microsoft said it would focus on cloud-native and intelligent app development in .NET 9. The next iteration of the open-source framework is expected to be released in November at the .NET Conf 2024. More: - Microsoft plans to focus on cloud-native fundamentals, such as runtime performance and application monitoring, and provide streamlined pathways to widely used production infrastructure through .NET Aspire, which aims to streamline the development process and reduce costs and the gap between development and production.
- The first preview of Aspire was launched as a part of .NET 8, and the third preview version was recently released.
- Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code will contain features for .NET Aspire, such as the ability to configure components, debug the AppHost and child processes, and full integration with the developer dashboard.
- .NET 9 will include more libraries and documentation for working with OpenAI and OSS models to enable developers to integrate artificial intelligence into their applications.
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| 5 | | Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney posted on X that Apple discontinued support for PWAs on iOS to prevent web apps from becoming formidable competitors to native apps, free from Apple's commission. Last week, Apple confirmed that it disabled web app access from the home screen in the EU due to security risks and to comply with the DMA. More: - In its announcement last week, Apple wrote that the security concern could be addressed by building an entirely new integration architecture that requires over 600 new APIs and a wide range of developer tools.
- It also pointed out that the adoption of web apps was low among users.
- Meanwhile, Epic Games confirmed Fortnite and Epic Games Stores on mobile are returning to iOS devices in Europe this year.
- Epic Games' developer account was banned from the App Store and Google Play for violating rules over in-app purchases.
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