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NEWS WATCH MuleSoft’s new API management capabilities These API management capabilities are built directly on the AnyPoint Platform, MuleSoft’s platform for integration, API management, and automation. This combination transforms MuleSoft’s platform into a more open, flexible, and scalable solution so that businesses can create high-quality digital experiences with additional speed. These universal API management capabilities on AnyPoint Platform can be used to design, build, deploy, operate, and discover all of an organization’s APIs from anywhere in one unified location. This serves the current working world, where teams are spread out and operating in hybrid environments.
Uno Platform 4.0 adds extensions Uno Extensions is based on Microsoft Extensions, which are capabilities that Microsoft extracted from ASP.NET and made them available elsewhere. According to Uno, the idea behind Uno Extensions is that developers shouldn’t have to rewrite code for commonly used functions. There are about 10 extensions currently available, and one of the main ones is Reactive (MVU-X), which allows for the different states that data can go through to be packaged and sent through a dedicated interface called a Feed. Navigation is another extension and it provides a paradigm for different types of navigation, including frame-based, modal, selecting a view item, pickers, returning
IBM unveils 127-qubit quantum processor IBM unveiled its breakthrough ‘Eagle” 127-Qubit Quantum Processor, which taps into the massive computing potential of devices based on quantum physics. The company also previewed plans for IBM Quantum System Two, the next generation of quantum systems, which will integrate the concept of modularity into quantum computing to allow the hardware to be flexible enough to scale. The new quantum processor was developed to contain more than 100 operational and connected qubits. It follows IBM’s 65-qubit ‘Hummingbird’ processor, which was revealed in 2020, as well as the 27-qubit ‘Falcon’ processor that IBM announced in 2019. According to the company, the increased qubit count will enable users to explore problems at a new level of complexity when undertaking experiments and running applications. It can be used to optimize machine learning or modeling new molecules and materials that can be used in a number of scenarios, including discovery of new drugs and innovations in the energy industry.
data, and dynamically adding views to regions. This release also introduces a preview of a new Visual Studio Code Plugin and Codespaces Integration, which offers benefits like XAML Code Completion, XAML Hot Reload, WebAssembly C# debugging, and more. Uno Toolkit was also introduced in this release. Uno Toolkit is a set of multiplatform components that WinUI doesn’t offer out-of-the-box, such as NavigationBar, which is a cross-platform navigation solution, and TabBar, which is a primitive control that provides a list of selectable items.
Anaconda launched Embedded Partner Program With this, organizations can embed Anaconda tools, packages, and repositories into their own products and services. The launch of Anaconda’s Embedded Partner Program brings end users a seamless access experience. Regardless of whether Anaconda is embedded behind the scenes in order
to power a company’s solution or made available directly to an organization’s users, the program provides a reliable and secure method to manage Python environments as well as enjoy the innovations of opensource development. Anaconda chose to formally release the Embedded Partner Program now as enterprises want access to a supported open-source Python ecosystem for their users, products, and services without needing to worry about security, licensing requirements, or dependency management. This formal launch also comes on the heels of Anaconda’s recent influx of financing that included investments from Snowflake Ventures and Apertu Capital, an open-source investment firm. Currently, members of the Embedded Partner Program include App Orchid, Guidewire, IBM, Microsoft, Schlumberger, Snowflake, and others. In joining Anaconda’s Embedded Partner Program, members also gain support and services, including SLAs for requests, on top of Anacon-
da’s core offerings. With the Embedded Partner Program, partners have the power to choose how to experience Anaconda. Users can choose to embed Anaconda within their backend systems, allow their customers to create managed Python environments, or provide access to Anaconda’s repository of Python or R Conda packages.
JetBrains previews new polyglot editor Fleet JetBrains has unveiled a preview of its new lightweight IDE, Fleet. The new IDE is built to be simple and smart so that developers can get started with it without too much additional configuration required. Fleet is a polyglot editor, meaning that it can be used as a single IDE for all languages, rather than making developers open a different IDE for each language they use. It currently supports Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, Rust, and JavaScript. The company plans to extend support to cover PHP, C++, C#,
