Facebook has announced the open source release of their RacerD unsynchronized memory access — or data race — detector for Java applications following its successful implementation internally. RaceD is based off of the company’s open source static analysis tool, Infer. According to Facebook, this newest publicly available piece of Infer’s static analysis platform has caught more … continue reading
Mozilla is teaming up with Microsoft, Google, W3C, Samsung and other industry leaders as part of a joint effort to “make web development a little easier” by bringing documentation for multiple browsers to their MDN Web Docs educational platform. The project will be led by a newly formed Product Advisory Board for MDN that will … continue reading
Realm has announced version 2.0 of their real-time mobile platform, adding new features and promising an easier way to make real-time, responsive mobile apps. The Realm Platform features tools for developers to integrate messaging, collaboration, a real-time distributed database and their Object Server computing platform in their apps. With this new release — in addition … continue reading
Though he writes that it’s “highly opinionated” and “not backed by science,” GitHub user and developer on Microsoft’s Tasks to-do app, Alexey “mr-mig” Migutsky is confident that every programmer would be doing themselves a favor by familiarizing themselves with his project entitled “Every Programmer Should Know.” Migutsky has amassed a large repository of links and … continue reading
API development platform provider Postman has released the results of their 2017 State of API Survey which gathered insight from their community of 3.5 million developers on API usage, technologies, tools and concerns. Some of Postman’s key findings show that around 70 percent of Postman developers spend more than a quarter of their week working … continue reading
The Google Firebase team is launching the public beta of Cloud Firestore today. Cloud Firestore is a NoSQL document database solution for mobile and web app development built in collaboration with the Google Cloud Platform team. SDKs for Cloud Firestore are available for iOS, Android and web development, allowing developers to integrate a powerful querying … continue reading
We asked leading low-code solution providers to tell us how their solutions can help set companies up for digital transformation success. Geoff Perlman, CEO of Xojo Xojo’s biggest strength is making app development accessible to citizen developers; those who don’t have “developer” or “programmer” in their job title. This makes it possible for the very … continue reading
Low-code platforms have offered the opportunity for non-developers to take the first steps towards transforming their business processes through accessible software design tools for decades, and it’s a market that has never stopped growing. According to business management consultant Forrester Research, by 2020, the simplified, or low-code, development space will be valued at US$15.4 billion. … continue reading
Employee management platform developer Visier published “Visier Insights Report: The Truth About Ageism in the Tech Industry” earlier this week, which revealed a trend of hiring young despite data suggesting that older employees outperform. The report, based on 330,000 employees from 43 large U.S. enterprises, found that systemic ageism in tech hiring practices has led … continue reading
Fitbit SDK now available Following the release of the Fitbit Ionic smartwatch, Fitbit has released their software development kit hoping to develop a community of developers and apps for wearers of their fitness-based smartwatches. The SDK is now available as a developer preview and includes the Fitbit OS Developer Beta Firmware and the Fitbit Studio … continue reading
Software testing solutions provider LogiGear released the results of their third test automation industry survey today, focused on the skills, tools, benefits and difficulties of test automation. According to LogiGear’s findings, the biggest issue that developers face when dealing with test automation software is management’s lack of understanding what is required to have an effective … continue reading
Microsoft reveals quantum computing progress During their Ignite event in Orlando, Microsoft announced the current state of their quantum computing project led by mathematician Michael Freedman, which aims to develop the hardware and software foundation for future quantum computers. So far, the project’s most prominent development is a Visual Studio-integrated programming language that is designed … continue reading
