Issue #2 - May 9, 2023

This is a recurring newsletter of content around Ballerina and related technology topics such as integration, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud computing.
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New Integration and AI use case pages

The new Integration page on the Ballerina website discusses various use cases you can use Ballerina for. These include building APIs, integrating with databases, connecting to messaging systems, and integrating with cloud services.

Furthermore, if you're looking to build AI-powered applications, be sure to learn how Ballerina is transforming the development of AI applications.

Latest release

Ballerina 2201.5.0 (Swan Lake Update 5)

We recently released the fifth update of Ballerina Swan Lake, which includes significant enhancements to the compiler, runtime, standard library, and developer tooling. The most notable feature of this release is that you can now use regular expressions in Ballerina code thanks to the new lang.regexp library. To find out more, watch the recording of our latest Tech Talk, where we unveiled the Regex Support in Ballerina.

Click here to read the release announcement blog post by Ballerina Platform Architect, Sameera Jayasoma.

Upcoming events

Ballerina - Open Source Cloud Native Programming Language

Wednesday, May 10, 2022 | 10.40 a.m. EDT

Ballerina team member, Anupama Pathirage, is set to present Ballerina at the Women in Tech Global Conference for the second year in a row. In her session, Anupama will demonstrate how to use Ballerina’s built-in cloud support to go from code to the cloud. Learn more here.

Modern Programming Language Abstractions for Cloud-Native Application Development

Wednesday, May 10, 2022 | 3.00 p.m. EDT

Join Ballerina Platform Architect, Sameera Jayasoma at the Open Source Summit North America 2023, for an in-depth tour of modern programming language abstractions and how they shape the future of cloud native applications. Sign up for the event here.

Busy Developer's Guide to Ballerina

Wednesday, May 10, 2022 | 8.50 a.m. EDT

Co-founder of Solidify, Ted Neward, will be speaking at the 10th edition of Devoxx - UK. During his session, Ted will explore the Ballerina language and its environment, and dive into what a language "built for the web" looks like. Register for the event here.

Past events

Ballerina Tech Talk | Bend it Like Ballerina - Unveiling our Regex Support

During our first Tech Talk for 2023, Ballerina Software Engineer, Sasindu Alahakoon provided an overview and a demo of the Regular Expression support in Ballerina. Missed it? Watch the recording here.

Featured articles

An Intro to GraphQL Federation with Ballerina GraphQL

In this how-to article by Ballerina Software Engineer, Mohamed Sabthar, we are introduced to GraphQL federation with Ballerina GraphQL. The article explains how to implement GraphQL federation with Ballerina and how it differs from traditional GraphQL APIs.

Errors and Error Handling in Ballerina - Part I

In her latest article, Ballerina Compiler Engineer, Maryam Ziyad, provides a simple introduction to the different concepts and constructs associated with the error type, error values, and error handling in Ballerina.

Ballerina Identifiers: A Simple Guide for New Developers

Are you a new developer looking to learn Ballerina? Check out this helpful guide on identifiers by Ballerina Platform Architect, Hasitha Aravinda. Here, you will learn to name and use variables, functions, and more!

Ballerina: A Programming Language for the Cloud

This InfoWorld article by Martin Heller presents Ballerina as a promising option for developers looking to create cloud-native applications, thanks to its simplicity, versatility, and ability to streamline the development process.

Share your use case with us

If you’re working on a project using Ballerina, we’d love to hear about it! Showcase or share all the interesting things you’re building with Ballerina using the Showcase Channel on our Discord server.

Featured tweets

In this edition, we are spotlighting @rnuwnjay, @hasithaaravinda, and @sameerajayasoma for showing us how they use Ballerina. Thanks again for your support!

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