Developer weekly update November 20, 2024 | Internet Computer

Hello developers, and welcome to this week’s developer weekly update! This week, we have tooling updates for PocketIC, dfx, and Motoko. Let’s get started!

A new version of PocketIC has been released! This version is packed with new features, including:

• Windows support for using the Rust library natively on Windows if Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is installed.

• New server endpoint: /instances/<instance_id>/_/topology

• New Rust library module for using the management canister: pocket_ic::management_canister.

• Bitcoin integration support via the management canister.

Read more on the forum.

The latest version of dfx has been released this past week. This release includes new features such as:

• All commands will use the DFX_NETWORK environment variable by default if it is set. The --network flag will take precedence if provided.

• dfx generate honors the --network flag.

• Support for the canister log allowed viewer list.

Read the full release notes.

The most recent version of Motoko enables an actor’s self identifier to be available in the top-level block, allowing functions to refer to self from the initializer.

Read the full release notes.

That’ll wrap up this week. Tune back in next week for more developer updates!

-DFINITY