The software will contain all of the APIs, environments and frameworks present in the full-sized Cloud Foundry installation, but will be small enough to run on a single machine for testing purposes.

developers can build applications on a local Cloud Foundry instance, using programming frameworks like Spring and Ruby, without having to install database or middleware," McJannet said.

VMware on Tuesday released its latest update to Micro Cloud Foundry, its downloadable platform-as-a-service, which includes a series of adjustments aimed at making life easier for developers.

Universal Foundry, a startup offering cloud infrastructure to Unreal Engine 5 game developers, has announced a grant for small game devs.