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AI-Based Prose Programming for Subject Matter Experts: Will This Work?

In this article, author Markus Völter discusses the future of programming using Large Language Model (LLM) tools like ChatGPT and GitHub’s Copilot for prose-to-code generation. He also talks about what new approaches and language changes need to be in place to help non-programmers take advantage of the "program in prose" techniques.

Markus Voelter
on Aug 08, 2023
DevOps

DevOps and Cloud InfoQ Trends Report – July 2023

InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ are discussing the current trends in the domain of cloud and DevOps as part of the process of creating our annual trends report. These reports provide InfoQ readers with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention to and help the editorial team focus on innovative technologies.

Steef-Jan Wiggers Daniel Bryant Matt Campbell Helen Beal Abby Bangser
on Jul 17, 2023
Development

Rust Reviewed: the Current Trends and Pitfalls of the Ecosystem

In this article, we share findings and insights about the Rust community and ecosystem and elaborate on the peculiarities and pitfalls of starting new projects with Rust or migrating to Rust from other languages.

Vitaly Bragilevsky
on May 17, 2023
Development

Relearning C++ after C++11

C++ is an old but evolving language. It has been around for a long time, but has changed significantly, particularly since 2011. In this article, we will review a few of its most compelling new features, including ranges, lambdas, range-based for loops, and move semantics, all by practising with a vector.

Frances Buontempo
on May 10, 2023 2
Development

PHP 8 - Arrays, Variables, Operators, Exception Handling and More

In this article, we discuss new features brought by PHP 8 related to arrays, variables, operators, and exception handling. We also discussed some trait-, class-, and function-related features. This article concludes the PHP 8 article series.

Deepak Vohra
on Feb 13, 2023
Development

Designing for Concurrency: the Hilbert’s Hotel Problem in Go

In this article, we want to show how achieving concurrency is the result of an appropriate design. A concurrent solution may turn out to be more elegant and easier to reason about than an equivalent sequential algorithm. To illustrate these concepts we use, as an example, the Hilbert’s Hotel mathematical problem.

Enrico Piccinin
on Feb 03, 2023
Culture & Methods

Your Tech Stack Doesn’t Do What Everyone Needs It To. What Next?

Stack extensibility is an essential trait of well-designed IT ecosystems. Low-code BPA (Business Process Automation) has advantages that puts it at the forefront of approaches to stack extensibility. Learn how low-code software increases process resiliency by empowering business teams with an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand and, most of all, IT-sanctioned set of tools.

Alessio Alionco
on Jan 31, 2023
Development

Article Series: PHP 8.x

PHP continues to be one of the most widely used scripting languages on the web with 77.3% of all the websites whose server-side programming language is known using it according to w3tech. PHP 8 brings many new features and other improvements, which we shall explore in this article series.

Deepak Vohra
on Jan 30, 2023
Development

PHP 8 - Type System Improvements

In this article we will discuss extensions to the PHP type system introduced in PHP 8, 8.1, and 8.2. Those include union, intersection, and mixed types, as well as the static and never return types. Additionally, PHP 8 also brings support for true, null, and false stand-alone types.

Deepak Vohra
on Jan 20, 2023
Development

PHP 8 – Functions and Methods

PHP 8.0 adds support for several functions- and methods-related features, including enhanced callable syntax, named function arguments, and Fibers, which are interruptible functions that add support for multitasking.

Deepak Vohra
on Dec 23, 2022
DevOps

Adopting Low Code/No Code: Six Fitnesses to Look for

When selecting a no-code/low-code platform, six key fitnesses should be examined: purpose fit, cost fit, ops fit, user fit, use-case fit, and organization fit. The IT team should be heavily involved in this decision as they play a pivotal role in helping citizen developers with platform adoption.

Arunkumar Arunachalam
on Dec 05, 2022
Development

PHP 8 - Classes and Enums

In this article, we will review new PHP 8 features related to classes, including enums, used to specify an enumerated list of possible values for a type; the new readonly modifier for a class property, which makes the property unmodifiable after its initialization; and constructor parameter promotion, useful to assign a constructor parameter value to an object property automatically.

Deepak Vohra
on Nov 28, 2022