GitHub previews GitHub Copilot Workspace
GitHub is offering a technical preview of GitHub Copilot Workspace, which provides a developer environment based on the GitHub Copilot AI-powered programming assistant. The GitHub Copilot Workspace preview was introduced April 29. Described as a Copilot-native development environment for everyday tasks, GitHub Copilot Workspace allows developers “to brainstorm, plan, build, test, and run code in […]
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IoT in Agriculture: Paving the Way for Smart Farming
Relying on intuition and outdated farming methods is impractical when rising global food demand pressures the agricultural industry. The food sector faces a dilemma: it must produce more while addressing growing concerns for environmental stewardship. Smart farming technologies provide aid in this balancing act. Agribusinesses increasingly embrace IoT (Internet of Things) to sustainably elevate productivity […]
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How to use JavaScript statements in your programs
JavaScript statements control the overall flow of JavaScript programs. Statements are used to declare variables and manage iterative processes, and they can also be used to declare classes and functions. Unlike properties, methods, and events, which are inseparable from the object that owns them, statements work independently. That means you can use a statement in […]
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Refined Battery Selection with Battery Profiling
Illustration: © IoT For All Understanding the power consumption behavior of an IoT device goes beyond relying solely on data sheet information. It involves conducting a critical analysis to assess the battery’s performance in the unique scenario relevant to your project. This process, also known as IoT device battery profiling, provides insights into the battery’s […]
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit adds TouchBehavior support
Microsoft has introduced version 8 of the .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI) Community Toolkit, featuring TouchBehavior, for interacting with visual elements in an application based on touch, mouse clicks, and hover events. The update was introduced April 24. Instructions for getting started with the toolkit are available on GitHub. With the new release, the TouchBehavior […]
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How the IoT Market is Changing
In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Tiffani Neilson, CMO at IoT Marketing, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss market changes in the IoT landscape. The conversation covers the evolution of IoT, including rapid technological changes, IoT marketing strategies, how the pandemic changed the IoT market, the transition towards end-to-end solutions in IoT, the […]
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AI still has a ways to go in code refactoring
In the rush to embrace coding assistants like Amazon CodeWhisperer to generate new code for developers, we haven’t spent much time asking if that code is any good. By some measures, the answer is clearly “no.” According to a GitClear analysis, “Code generated during 2023 … resembles [that of] an itinerant contributor,” likely caused by […]
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Intro to Extism: A WebAssembly library for extendable apps and plugins
WebAssembly was originally designed to give in-browser web applications a way to run portable, sandboxed, high-performance binaries. As WASM matures beyond the browser, new uses for the technology are emerging. Using WASM to build programmability and extensibility into applications is one use case that is gathering steam. The Extism software library lets you write programs […]
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9 Ways IoT Makes Construction More Efficient
The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to increase the average construction company’s efficiency substantially. There are numerous ways they can implement this technology to achieve such benefits. IoT for Construction #1: Site Surveillance Closed circuit surveillance has been an impractical solution in the construction industry because projects are temporary, and the installation process […]
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The temptation of AI as a service
Back in the early days of the cloud, I had a nice little business taking enterprise applications and reengineering them so they could be delivered as software-as-a-service cloud assets. Many enterprises believed that their custom application, which provided value by addressing a niche need, could be resold as a SaaS service and become another source […]
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