Ionide is a New Atom-based F# IDE Written in F#

Ionide, based on the Atom Editor, is a suite of packages that aim to provide a full-featured, modern, cross-platform, open-source IDE for F# development. InfoQ has talked with Ionide’s creator, Krzysztof Cieślak.

Git 2.6 Brings Many New Features and Improvements

Recently released Git 2.6 brings many new features, improvements to performance and internals, and bug fixes.

Elixir Hits 1.1, Brings new APIs, Build-time Improvements

One year after hitting 1.0, Elixir 1.1 is out. It brings new public APIs, performance improvements, and tooling improvements. InfoQ has spoken with José Valim, Elixir’s creator.

SQLite 3.9 Supports JSON, Indexes on Expressions and More

Recently released SQLite 3.9 provides a number of new features and enhancements, including support for JSON encoding/decoding, full text search version 5, indexes on expressions, eponymous virtual tables and more.

What is API Developer Experience and Why It Matters

API developer experience is a relatively novel focus aimed to improve API design so it provides a seamless experience to developers when writing software. It can help increase programmers’ efficience and make it easier for developers to achieve goals on behalf of end users.