IT news January 27: JetBrains published a roadmap for the development of YouTrack, GraalVM 22.0 improved compilation of Java code, VK launches an internship program for developers
JetBrains has published a roadmap for YouTrack development
JetBrains has published a roadmap for the YouTrack project management system. According to the information presented in it, in 2022 the YouTrack team will work in the following areas:
Interactive Gantt chart (edit tasks, order, dependencies and estimates directly on the timeline).
Workflow Designer (increases the scope and capabilities of scriptless automation by allowing you to define process flowcharts).
Knowledge Base (Notifications about Knowledge Base activity, such as mentions, comments, and replies, will be delivered to the YouTrack Notification Center).
Agile boards.
Timesheets for teams and groups.
YouTrack Mobile (with localization of the mobile application into all languages available in the YouTrack interface.
YouTrack Lite and Classic.
Text recognition (instantly extract text from attached images such as screenshots).
Built-in image editing.
Custom fields.
LaTeX notation (support for LaTeX mathematical notation in a rich text editor).
History Observer's Report.
Interface localization (adding Italian and Ukrainian versions).
Integration with JetBrains Space, Telegram and Zapier.
More details about the YouTrack development roadmap in 2022 can be found on the JetBrains website. Source: JetBrains
Oracle has updated the GraalVM runtime to version 22.0. The new release improves the compilation of Java applications into native executables for faster launch and reduced memory load. GraalVM 22.0 Community Edition, released for JDK 11 and JDK 17, can be downloaded from the project's GitHub page. Enterprise builds of GraalVM 22.0 are available on the Oracle website. GraalVM is a high-performance runtime for Java, JavaScript, LLVM-based languages such as C and C++, and other dynamic languages. In addition to the Java-enabled runtime, the GraalVM distribution includes a compiler, interpreter, monitoring and debugging tools for developers. If necessary, the GraalVM environment can be extended using the GraalVM Updater tool by adding additional components such as Native Image, Ruby, R, Python, LLVM Toolchain, WebAssembly and Espresso. Source: InfoWorld
VK launches an internship program for developers
The VK company invites students and recent university graduates to a paid internship, as a result of which the best specialists will receive job offers. In Moscow and St. Petersburg, the internship will be held in a hybrid format, for residents of other cities - remotely. Interns are expected in the teams of VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, voice assistant Marusya, VK Works, VK Cloud Solutions, AliExpress Russia and other projects of the VK ecosystem. The duration of the internship is 2–3 months. You can apply until February 25 using this link . The selection of participants involves testing and a technical interview. The VK internship will cover such IT areas as front-end, back-end and mobile development, machine learning, analytics, information security, testing and usability research. Source: Habr
The Indian government wants to develop a new OS for smartphones
Indian Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the country's government intends to stimulate a program to develop a “local mobile operating system” that could compete with Android and iOS. “We are very interested in developing this area because it will create an alternative to iOS and Android, which can then grow into an Indian brand,” the official said. The minister did not give a time frame for making a decision on starting the OS development program, nor the level of funding that the Indian government could provide. It is known that many world famous companies, including Samsung, BlackBerry, Palm and Microsoft, have already tried to compete with Google and Apple in the operating system market, but failed. The only significant competitor to Android and iOS so far is HarmonyOS from Huawei, but in terms of distribution it is still far from leading mobile platforms. Source: The Register
Support for Android applications in Windows 11 will appear in February
In February, Microsoft will release a public preview of Windows 11 with support for running Android apps. This was announced by Microsoft Product Director Panos Panay. Also in the new version of the OS, a number of improvements and changes are expected to appear in the taskbar, Notepad and Media Player applications. Microsoft began testing support for Android apps on Windows in October 2021, giving Insiders the ability to install and run a limited number of mobile apps from the Amazon App Store. Later, enthusiasts managed to find an unofficial way to download and install applications from the Google Play store on Windows 11. Source: Android Police
Apple has released urgent updates to iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3
Apple has released an urgent mobile OS update - iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3. They do not contain new features, but only fix a vulnerability in Safari that could lead to the leaking of browsing history and Google ID data on websites visited by the user. Before the update was released, a malicious site could monitor which other sites the user visited while the Safari browser was open in the OS. And since some websites use user IDs in their database names, this could lead to personal information being leaked. You can update your iPhone to iOS 15.3 and your iPad to iPadOS 15.3 by going to the Settings app, selecting General, and then Software Update. Source: 9to5mac
According to the information presented in it, in 2022 the YouTrack team will work in the following areas:
Interns are expected in the teams of VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, voice assistant Marusya, VK Works, VK Cloud Solutions, AliExpress Russia and other projects of the VK ecosystem. The duration of the internship is 2–3 months. You can apply until February 25 using this link . The selection of participants involves testing and a technical interview. The VK internship will cover such IT areas as front-end, back-end and mobile development, machine learning, analytics, information security, testing and usability research. Source: Habr
Microsoft began testing support for Android apps on Windows in October 2021, giving Insiders the ability to install and run a limited number of mobile apps from the Amazon App Store. Later, enthusiasts managed to find an unofficial way to download and install applications from the Google Play store on Windows 11. Source: Android Police
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