Developer weekly update November 20, 2024

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!

PocketIC 7.0.0

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.

dfx v0.24.2

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.

Motoko v0.13.2

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