Announcing TypeScript 5.7 RC

Today we are announcing the availability of the release candidate of TypeScript 5.7. To get started using the RC, you can get it through npm with the following command: npm install -D typescript@rc Let’s take a look at what’s new in TypeScript 5.7! Checks for Never-Initialized Variables For a long time, TypeScript has been able […]

Dev Blogs home page layout simplified

Hello, Dev Blogs community! What we heard – part 2 In my previous post about the grid and list layout choices I shared the feedback we received after launching a Dev Blogs refresh. I also shared how we improved and provided options for the layout of posts. Today, I will address the other major feedback […]

AI: The New Frontier for Developers

AJ Enns reflects on his journey as a new developer and the impact of AI as an integrated, coding assistant for improving developer velocity. The year is 2024, and AI has been around for a while. ChatGPT broke onto the scene and changed the world forever. As soon as I heard about it, the first […]

Debugging a managed identity connection to Azure SQL in Azure App Service using containers

Dominique St-Amand explores how to debug a managed identity connection from a container-based App Service to Azure SQL. So you’ve been eager to deploy your containerized web application that you’ve been working on for a while, to Azure App Service. You follow the best security practices which means you’ve setup your connection to your Azure […]