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This week, we focused on GitHub and how it managed to open-source GitHub Docs. This was an unusual challenge for the team given that – unlike other projects the platform has open-sourced – it's a repository containing GitHub's product documentation and the web app powering it. To read the feature, start your FREE 14-day trial of Inside Dev Premium today.
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Hashicorp has released Waypoint, an open-source project that boasts a consistent workflow developers can use to build and launch apps no matter the tool or platform, and deploy by only using one command: waypoint up. You can download it here.
More:
- Waypoint provides support for Kubernetes, HashiCorp Nomad, Amazon ECS, Google Cloud Run, Azure Container Instances, Docker, Buildpacks, and more.
- The project is fully extensible and based on a plugin system, which is why it can work with any tool or platform.
- Other features: it's possible to execute commands in the context of a deployed application with waypoint exec; a real-time snapshot of your application’s logs; a web-based user interface so you can view builds, deployments, and releases for projects and apps.
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Cloudflare released the beta version of Cloudflare Browser Isolation, a new tool that makes it possible to visit websites on your native web browser without downloading web pages on your devices. Sign up to try it by completing the form here.
More:
- The new tool is designed to protect teams while working remotely and making browsing the web both faster and safer.
- The news comes as Cloudflare also launched its Durable Objects Limited Beta Program.
- Earlier this week, Cloudflare also launched Cloudflare One, a network-as-a-service, zero trust solution designed to help businesses of all sizes secure and speed up their workforce's devices, applications, and entire network.
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Ionic Vue, a native Vue version of the Ionic Framework, is now generally available. Some highlights include:
- Ionic Vue is built with Vue 3, which means developers can take advantage of features in Vue 3, such as the new Composition API.
- Router integration that builds on top of Vue’s router.
- Ionic CLI support.
Find out how to start using it here. You can also check out Ionic Vue's "Build Your First App" guide.
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Nim 1.4 is now available. Highlights include:
- ORC, Nim’s all-new cycle collector based on ARC, which can be enabled with the
--gc:orc feature. Read more about the new feature here.
- New experimental feature that introduces a stricter definition of a “side effect”
- File handles created from high-level abstractions in the stdlib are no longer inherited by child processes
For a more detailed list of changes, click here.
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Tweet of the Day: In this tweet that's capturing attention, Tim Nolet, the founder and chief technology officer at Checkly, tweeted Amazon Web Services forked his project and launched it as the company's own service. Check out the full discussion in the Twitter thread here.
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Sheena Vasani is an Inside.com staff writer who curates Inside Dev. She recently created an app, "Help A Neighbor Vote," which connects U.S. voters with locals who can deliver ballots for them (where legal) so votes are received in time and to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Sign up here!
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