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AWS – Announcing Extended Maintenance Plan for FreeRTOS
Today, we are announcing Extended Maintenance Plan for FreeRTOS – a real-time operating system for microcontrollers. FreeRTOS Extended Maintenance Plan (EMP) allows embedded developers to receive critical bug fixes and security patches on their chosen FreeRTOS Long Term Support (LTS) version for up to 10 years beyond the expiry of the initial LTS period. FreeRTOS […]

AWS – AWS and partners of the Open 3D Foundation announce the first Stable release of Open 3D Engine
Today, AWS and the Open 3D Foundation (O3DF) announced the first stable release of Open 3D Engine (O3DE), an Apache 2.0 licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds for video production, and simulations for non-gaming use-cases unencumbered by licensing fees or commercial terms. Since the formation of O3DF […]

Azure – Public preview: FSLogix profiles support for Azure AD-joined VMs for Azure Virtual Desktop
Create an Azure Files share to store FSLogix profiles and configure it to support Azure AD authentication. Read More for the details.

AWS – Introducing AWS re:Post, a new, community-driven, questions-and-answers service
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the availability of AWS re:Post (re:Post), a new, community-driven, questions-and-answers service to help AWS customers remove technical roadblocks, accelerate innovation, and enhance operation. AWS re:Post enables you to ask questions about anything related to designing, building, deploying, and operating workloads on AWS, and get answers from community experts, including AWS […]

AWS – AWS SDK for Swift (Developer Preview)
We’re happy to announce that the AWS SDK for Swift is now in developer preview. The AWS SDK for Swift has been designed from the ground-up to provide idiomatic support for Swift’s concise syntax, multi platform capabilities, and features extensions to take advantage of Swift’s new concurrency features. This initial release supports iOS, macOS and […]

AWS – AWS announces Construct Hub general availability
Today we are announcing the general availability of Construct Hub, a registry of open-source construct libraries for simplifying cloud development. Constructs are reusable building blocks of the Cloud Development Kits (CDKs). Discover and share CDK constructs for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), CDK for Kubernetes (CDK8s) and CDK for Terraform (CDKtf) and other construct-based tools. Read More […]

AWS – AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) v2 is now generally available
The AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) v2 for JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, .NET and Go is now generally available in a single package, making it easier for you to use the CDK and stay up-to-date with new versions as we evolve it going forwards. AWS CDK v2 consolidates the AWS Construct Library into a single […]

AWS – AWS SDK for Kotlin (Developer Preview)
We’re pleased to announce that the AWS SDK for Kotlin is now in developer preview. The AWS SDK for Kotlin allows developers to interact with AWS services using idiomatic Kotlin, including native coroutine support for concurrent usage. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS SDK for Rust (Developer Preview)
We’re excited to announce the AWS SDK for Rust is now in developer preview. The AWS SDK for Rust empowers developers to interact with AWS services and enjoy APIs that follow Rust idioms and best practices. It utilizes modern Rust language features like async/await, non-blocking IO, and builders. The SDK also integrates with popular libraries […]
AWS – Introducing AWS Amplify Studio
AWS Amplify announces AWS Amplify Studio, a visual development environment that offers frontend developers new features (public preview) to accelerate UI development with minimal coding, while integrating Amplify’s powerful backend configuration and management capabilities. Amplify Studio automatically translates designs made in Figma to human-readable React UI component code. Within Amplify Studio, developers can visually connect […]