Angular launches new solutions for AngularJS migration
Angular has unveiled two new solutions to help with the process of migrating AngularJS applications to modern-day- web development standards. The two solutions are ngMigration Assistant and ngMigration Forum. ngMigration Assistant is a command-line tool that will analyze a AngularJS application and then recommend a migration path for it. The tool provides statistics on the … continue reading
SD Times news digest: SnapLogic’s new capabilities, NodeSource updates, and Infragistics Community Sponsorship Program
SnapLogic has announced new DevOps and automation capabilities, such as integration with GitHub and support for Mesosphere for automating elements of CI/CD. Updates are being made to its Enterprise Integration Cloud solution as well as its Iris AI technologies. According to the company, the new capabilities will enable customers to streamline and accelerate the software … continue reading
Progress launches Spark Toolkit for modernizing legacy apps
Progress has released Progress Spark Toolkit, a set of open source ABL code and best practices designed to enable organizations to evolve their existing applications and capabilities to meet market demands. The toolkit was created in collaboration with the Progress Common Component Specification project, which is a group of Progress OpenEdge customers and partners that … continue reading
Sonatype introduces DepShield for identifying vulnerable open-source components in GitHub
Sonatype wants to make it easier for developers to have open-source governance with the release of Sonatype DepShield. The solution is a GitHub application that integrates directly within repositories, enabling developers to identify vulnerable open-source components. According to the company, DepShield constantly monitors projects and automatically creates issues when security vulnerabilities are detected. It offers … continue reading
The Khronos Group launches new standard for deploying trained neural networks
The Khronos Group, a consortium of software and hardware companies leading standards, has announced the ratification and public release of the Neural Network Exchange Format (NNEF) 1.0 specification. NNEF is an open standard for deploying optimized neural network inferencing onto diverse edge devices. As part of this release, an ecosystem of tools has been added … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Spring Cloud GCP 1.0, OpenMetrics, and the Academy Software Foundation
Spring Cloud GCP version 1.0 is now generally available. The project enables developers to build Spring Boot applications that consume GCP services “easily and idiomatically,” according to the company It is designed to facilitate the development of applications with simpler configuration and less boilerplate code. Applications created using Spring Cloud GCP are portable in hybrid … continue reading
Google Cloud adds Python 3.7 in its Second Generation App Engine standard runtimes
Google Cloud has announced the release of its Second Generation App Engine standard runtimes, which it says is a significant update to the platform. Google’s App Engine is a web framework and cloud computing platform for building apps on a serverless platform. This release adds Python 3.7 as one of the available Second Generation runtimes. … continue reading
DeepLocker demonstrates how AI can create a new breed of malware
While artificial intelligence is changing our world for the better, if put in the wrong hands, cybercriminals can figure out how to use the technology in a negative way. To stay ahead of the curve, IBM Research has announced it has been studying the evolution of this technology in order to predict new potential threats … continue reading
SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Fizz
In order to implement the new generation of Transport Layer Security, TLS 1.3, at Facebook, the company built a TLS library in C++ 14 called Fizz. Earlier this week, Facebook announced it was open sourcing that library. TLS 1.3 added several new features to make Internet traffic more secure, such as encrypting handshake methods, redesigning … continue reading
SD Times news digest: GitHub’s open-source load balancer, Sauce Labs’ Continuous Testing Services, and Eggplant Release Insights
GitHub has announced that its load balancer, GLB Director, is now open source. According to the company, GLB Director is a Layer 4 load balancer that can scale an IP address across a large number of physical machines while minimizing connection disruption during changes in servers. GitHub hopes that by open-sourcing the solution, others will … continue reading
Postman opens up features from its paid plan
API development environment provider Postman has announced major updates to its app. Starting with Postman 6.2, all free Postman users will be able to create Postman teams, use team workspaces, and use collaboration features, all of which were previously available only to customers of Postman’s paid plans. These features will now be scaled for individuals … continue reading
Judy Brewer recognized for her contributions to improving the accessibility of the web
Judy Brewer was recently named as the recipient of the 2018 SIGACCESS Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility. Brewer is the director of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at the W3C and principal research scientist at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. According to the W3C, the award “recognizes individuals who have … continue reading
