The first release candidate for the stable version of Scala 3 — Scala 3.0.0-RC1 — has been released. Notable changes include:

• Type parameters on extensions can now be combined with type parameters on methods
• Scala no longer generates a function parent for companions of case classes 
• New import syntax wherein, for example, wildcard import _ has been replaced by *
• New syntax for the vararg splices in patterns and function arguments, wherein the new syntax uses a postfix *, instead of : _*

You can view a more detailed list of changes here.

Repairing bugs and errors is the number one pain point for developers, Rollbar's 2021 State of Software Code report reveals. 88% of the almost 1,000 U.S. developers surveyed report that error monitoring isn’t living up to expectations. 

More:

• This sentiment is particularly held by Gen Z developers, who complain the “old-school approach” to error monitoring fails to meet their needs given manual intervention is needed, it takes too much time to fix problems, and more. 
• Over 50% of developers say they spend either a quarter of their time or up to half of their time fixing bugs, with 17% saying fixing bugs has led to burnout. 
• Despite the time they spend fixing bugs, 62% of developers say they still heard about bugs from users reporting them through the app. 25% found out through users on social media.
• Francesco Crippa, vice president of engineering at Rollbar, says the research shows that “traditional error monitoring simply doesn’t cut it in a world in which software has become an important aspect of how everything in society works.”
• To improve error reporting, developers propose the following: 86% said they need better tools, 36% argue they need a larger team, 38% say they need improved project management, and 30% say they need more financial resources. 

📅  Dev Calendar: What's On This Weekend

• FEB. 17-19: DeveloperWeek, "the world's largest virtual developer conference with 8,000 developers, engineers, and tech executives." Normally an in-person event, this year will be a fully immersive virtual convention with 10+ conferences, a virtual expo hall, online networking opportunities, DEVIES awards, and more. Note: Inside Dev readers are eligible for free access to DeveloperWeek, paying $0 for tickets worth $100, using this link.
• FEB. 17-19: CloudWorld, cloud computing conference featuring talks, demos, and exhibitors covering digital transformation, containers, Kubernetes, microservices, security, big data, and more.

Hackathons:

• FEB. 20-21, 2021: HackHERS 2021. "HackHERS 2021 is the seventh iteration of Rutgers University's annual, women-centric hackathon. On Feb. 20-21, hundreds of students from colleges throughout the U.S. will virtually come together for 24 hours to turn their ideas into reality."
• FEB. 20-21, 2021: Cohackathon. "An online hackathon where students can learn to code, meet new people, and build applications in a fun competition."

Node.js v15.9 is now available. Highlights include:

•  Libuv has been upgraded to libuv 1.41.0
• The introduction of fsPromises.watch() 
• The ability to get cert/peer cert as a X509Certificate object 
• Addition of the add keyObject.export() 'jwk' format option

For more details about changes, click here.

The market for low-code development tools is expected to grow by 23% in 2021 to $13.8B worldwide largely due to the pandemic and remote work boosting low-code adoption, Gartner forecasts in a new report.

More highlights from the report:

• Gartner says the low-code development market will grow even more to $17B in 2022.
• Low-code application platforms are predicted to increase from 30% in 2020 to $5.8B in 2021, making up 42% of the market.
• Gartner research vice president Fabrizio Biscotti says most large organizations will be using multiple low-code tools by the end of this year.
• Gartner predicts half of all new low-code clients will come from business buyers outside of IT organizations by the end of 2025.  An average of 41% of non-information tech employees are already building or customizing software with low-code.

This story first appeared in Inside NoCode. You can read the full issue here.

Tweet of the Week: This trending Twitter thread from @Prathkum dives into everything you need to know about CSS Flexible Box layout.

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