Black Duck Software, a global leader in securing and managing open source software, today announced new deep binary analysis capabilities added to Protex, its industry-leading solution for managing open source compliance. Protex helps organizations understand which licenses govern the modification, use and distribution of open source binaries and source code in their code base. Building … continue reading
True historical builds Reproduce any of your builds at any point in time, dated back to as long ago as your VCS allows. Different settings in different branches Store different build steps and parameters in different branches, and apply them when needed, in any way you need.Personal builds with personal settings. Change project settings in … continue reading
Today, NodeSource, the enterprise Node.js company, announces the availability of N|Support. With the rapid adoption of Node.js in the enterprise, clients now have access to top expertise around large-scale deployments of Node.js, providing enterprise-grade end-to-end support offerings. Node.js is the fastest growing application platform and has the largest package ecosystem ever created, npm. With high … continue reading
A beta version of PHP 7.0.0 has been released with a complete feature set, including 64-bit support, a new version of the Zend Engine and performance improvements, according to the PHP development team. (Related: An “API-first” PHP framework) The PHP development team stressed that this is a development preview not yet meant for production use. … continue reading
It has been widely speculated that Nokia will eventually make its way back into the mobile market, and now a spokesman for the company is providing more insight into its plan. “For 14 years Nokia was the biggest cell phone maker in the world, and the brand became a household name—one that evoked quality, innovation … continue reading
Out in the real world, the lawsuit between Google and Oracle is preparing to head back to a lower court after the Supreme Court said it would not take the case. At UC Berkeley yesterday, the repercussions of that decision were discussed, along with many other topics around patents and copyright law as they pertain … continue reading
jQuery has announced the first alpha releases of jQuery 3.0 and jQuery Compat 3.0, the JavaScript library’s first major release in more than two years. jQuery 3.0 supports modern browsers and environments from IE9 forward. The 3.0 release is not a major rework of the jQuery codebase, but it supports the library’s shift to semantic … continue reading
Twitter wants to reengage with third-party developers to help advance the social network. In the past, the company has been known to reject help from developers by restricting their access to its API, Business Insider reported. But according to Evan Williams, cofounder of Twitter, the company is reevaluating its relationship with developers. He cited the … continue reading
Google has announced Eddystone, an open-source Bluetooth LE beacon format for developers to integrate into cross-platform applications. Eddystone defines a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) message format for proximity beacon messages, supporting multiple frame types for various application use cases on Android, iOS or other mobile platforms. Google is launching two new APIs along with Eddystone—the … continue reading
The AllSeen Alliance, a cross-industry collaboration to advance the Internet of Everything through an open source software project, today announced 13 new members have joined the initiative including industry giants IBM and Pivotal. Analyst predictions estimate that four billion people will be connected to more than 30 billion devices, services and applications by 2020. This … continue reading
Mesosphere, creators of the Datacenter Operating System (DCOS) for managing cloud and datacenter resources at scale, today announced the launch of a Developer Program with a software development kit (SDK) and certification program for developers building distributed services for the new datacenter form factor. Full program details and enrollment details may be found at: https://mesosphere.com/developer-program … continue reading
SmartBear Software, the leader in software quality tools for the connected world, has released a new version of TestComplete to allow organizations to easily scale Agile testing. In this release, TestComplete supports Python, a programming language continuing to gain popularity with QA and development professionals because of its ease of use. With Python support, TestComplete makes … continue reading
