Lately in Cloud Development — June 2017
A monthly recap of the news I found most interesting in cloud development. This edition covers posts from Red Hat, Microsoft, Puppet, RedMonk and others.
Microsoft Joins the Cloud Foundry Foundation
Microsoft announced that their membership in the Cloud Foundry Foundation, joining giants like Google and GE Digital in support of the project.
Puppet’s 2017 State of DevOps Report
Puppet released its annual State of DevOps Report, based on a survey the company conducts each year. Key findings showed high-performing IT teams display more frequent deployment, faster recovery, and a greater focus on automation.
How Many Developers Are There?
James Governor pointed out the challenges (follies?) of trying to size the developer community and shared fascinating numbers from GitHub, npm and others (sorry I missed this one in May).
Why Developers are Leaving VMs
VMs have been a part of developers lives for a very long time. But I think it’s time to move on and embrace containers as we march to cloud native development.
Red Hat, Codenvy, and Containers
Harry Mower, senior director of developer programs at Red Hat, and Tyler Jewell, CEO of Codenvy, discussed Red Hat’s recent acquisition of Codenvy and its impact on the future of containers.
SUSE Launches SUSE Containers as a Service
Embracing the recent explosion of container popularity, SUSE has launched their CaaS platform, which is integrated with Kubernetes.
Intro to the Language Server Protocol
Dirk Bäumer, Erich Gamma, and Sean McBreen have written a great intro to the LSP — a standard protocol that could revolutionize how IDEs deliver language intelligence for users.
Multi-User Eclipse Che & Kubernetes
Eclipse Che project lead Tyler Jewell wrote about Che 6 which will include most of Codenvy’s proprietary IP and add support for Kubernetes and OpenShift.
Theia — a New Cloud/Desktop IDE
The new Theia project promises to use modern technologies to provide a desktop and cloud IDE in the same package. Project lead Sven Efftinge explained how Theia fits into the IDE landscape.
OSS Tools for Kubernetes App Dev
Kubernetes is already one of the most popular container orchestrators — but some find it intimidating to start out with. Sam Dean explained how open source tools from Microsoft and Red Hat can help.
Where is Visual Studio Code?
James Governor took a look at the growth and “hotness” of VS Code and asked — why isn’t Microsoft hyping it up more at their Build conference?
Amazon’s EC2 Container Service Is Evolving
Deepak Singh, Amazon’s EC2 Container Service’s GM, explained the significant evolution of the service since its release three years ago.
