On June 15, 2016, Thinking Software Inc. released 4 new versions of the most popular Linux distributions used on the cloud equipped with Race Catcher agents, which were published on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=d31ec0d3-83e6-457e-ae97-9c885073c39f These new versions of the Linux distributions (Ubuntu, RedHat, Amazon Linux, SUSE), equipped with Race Catcher agents from Thinking Software, … continue reading
Eclipse and Microsoft are bringing their IDEs closer together thanks to a new protocol created by a collaboration between the Eclipse Che project, Microsoft and Red Hat. The result is a Language Server Protocol, an open-source, JSON-based data exchange protocol for language servers. Tyler Jewell, CEO of Codenvy and lead of the Eclipse Che project, … continue reading
At the age of 12, Sara Chipps taught herself how to code. She wanted to get computers to “call” each other, with the hopes that it would increase her circle of friends. While she searched for a way to make computers talk, she instead found a whole new community of kids who were creatively using … continue reading
Red Hat’s DevNation conference in San Francisco kicked off this morning with the release of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7. This new version of the application server and its supporting environments brings improvements to how Enterprise JavaBeans are handled, a new web server known as Undertow, and full support for the Java EE 7 standards. … continue reading
An open-source operating system that was created just for smartwatches is looking for developer and community contribution to build on the system and further development for the project. AsteroidOS is an open-source smartwatch operating system still in its early stages of development. Developers can currently port AsteroidOS to new smartwatches, or develop, translate and test … continue reading
Developers struggling with the challenge of building an authentication system for their apps can use Google’s new Firebase Authentication, which allows them to outsource their entire authentication system to Firebase so they can concentrate on building features for their apps. Firebase Authentication allows developers to get their users signed in quickly, without having to understand … continue reading
Infostretch has launched QMetry Test Manager for JIRA on the Atlassian Marketplace. The solution comes pre-integrated with Atlassian JIRA Software, the #1 software development tool used by agile teams. As an add-on for JIRA Software, QMetry Test Manager for JIRA adds a sophisticated test management capability to the JIRA environment. QMetry Test Manager is a … continue reading
While the phrase “DevOps” suggests a cross-pollination of skills between Dev and Ops, in practice most think of it as Devs assuming some Ops roles, with their influence ever increasing across the app life cycle. I predict this is only the beginning of the diminishing role Ops will play. In fact, I will go as … continue reading
GitHub yesterday posted a new blog entry detailing some statistics it gathered from the open-source projects hosted on its site. The report, written by Arfon Smith, program manager for open-source data at GitHub, and gives insight into how and why people contribute to open-source projects. Topping the blog entry was a chart detailing repository activity … continue reading
As of this week, Unicode has grown by 7,500 characters. This international standard for symbols added at least six new languages, 72 new emojis and 19 new symbols for the 4K television standard. The new Unicode 9.0 Standard also includes new and updated Unicode Technical Standards, including steps to reduce Unicode spoofing and to process … continue reading
How a user interacts with an app or their smartphone is critical in today’s multi-touch technology world. While there are plenty of new technologies being introduced every day, smartphone users still have the same common gestures: tapping, swiping and zooming. This week’s GitHub project aims to “jazz up” these usual interactions and gives more customization … continue reading
Red Hat is getting deeper into the API economy. The company just announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 3scale, a company with technology that manages application programming interfaces. “This is going to be another growth driver for Red Hat and is a great tie-in with their mobile offering,” said Al Hilwa, … continue reading
