Swift 5.9 Brings Macro Expansion Power to the Language

Introduced at WWDC 2023, Swift 5.9, now available in beta, brings a major extension to the language capabilities through support for generating code at compile-time using macros.

Apple Extends Core ML, Create ML, and Vision Frameworks for iOS 17

At its recent WWDC 2023 developer conference, Apple presented a number of extensions and updates to its machine learning and vision ecosystem, including updates to its Core ML framework, new features for the Create ML modeling tool, and new vision APIs for image segmentation, animal body pose detection, and 3D human body pose.

JetBrains Launches the Kotlin Notebook Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA

Using the experimental Kotlin Notebook plugin for IntelliJ IDEA, developers will be able to combine code, visualizations, and text, as well as to run code snippets and view their results, all in a single document.

Kotlin 1.9 Brings New Language Features and Improved Multiplatform/Native Support

The latest release of Kotlin introduces a number of new language features, including the ..< operator for open ranges, extended regular expressions, and more. Additionally, it brings improvements to both Kotlin Multiplatform and Kotlin/Native.

Android Studio Giraffe is Now Stable

Android Studio Giraffe is now stable, bringing in the new IntelliJ 2022.3, a new IDE look and feel, improved Live Edit, Compose animation previews, and more.