Analytics company Imply has announced the second major milestone in Project Shapeshift, which is a 12-month initiative where the company is attempting to solve the challenges developers face when building analytics applications. Imply was founded by the original creators of the real-time database Apache Druid. One achievement included in this milestone is the development of … continue reading
The latest version of Java has been released by Oracle. Java 19 includes a number of updates related to performance, stability, and security. The most significant improvements to the language itself are the ability to nest record patterns and pattern matching for switch expressions, both of which are currently in preview. The record patterns update … continue reading
Luos is an open-source lightweight library that enables developers to develop and scale their edge and embedded distributed software. Developers can create portable and scalable packages that they can share with teams and communities and the project’s engine encapsulates embedded features in services with APIs, providing direct access to hardware. Remote control enables users to … continue reading
Adobe has announced its intention to acquire the popular design platform Figma for $20 billion. Since much of Adobe’s business revolves around helping people create digital content, the addition of Figma will help them “usher in a new era of collaborative creativity,” Adobe said. Figma was founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace, … continue reading
The software company Progress has announced the release of updates to several of its major tools, including Progress Telerik, Progress Kendo UI, and Progress Telerik Test Studio as part of its R3 2022 release. It also announced the launch of Progress ThemeBuilder Pro, which allows developers and designers to implement design systems in web applications. … continue reading
Google is trying to make authentication easier and safer for developers by introducing new features to the Google Identity Services (GIS) library. “For developers, our focus has always been to offer a frictionless experience that makes it easier for users to onboard and return to partner platforms, while also helping developers create a trusted relationship … continue reading
In recent years, hackers have become very sophisticated in the ways they attack upstream development pipelines by introducing vulnerabilities into the software supply chain. The popularity of open source makes those repositories a low-hanging fruit to target. In an SD Times Live! Event titled “Threat Landscapes: An Upstream and Downstream Moving Target,” Theresa Mammarella, developer … continue reading
The monitoring company Sumo Logic today announced new capabilities that will provide developers with the ability to get faster insights into the performance of their applications. These updates are being spread across a number of Sumo Logic’s offerings, including Real User Monitoring, Unified Entity Model, and Intelligent Alert Management. Real User Monitoring updates include insights … continue reading
Microsoft has announced the latest release of the Surface Duo Design Kit, which is a collection of design patterns, guidelines, components, and more for developing dual screen apps. Version 2.2 of the kit includes an update to the device frame dimension and new component variations. According to Microsoft, device frames are useful for prototyping and … continue reading
In order to facilitate the development of standards for sharing data across different platforms within the value stream, a new technical committee has sprung up from within OASIS Open, which is an open source and standards consortium. According to the committee, organizations typically employ a number of different tools to measure software performance in order … continue reading
JavaScript frameworks are a useful tool for developers because they help developers be more efficient by eliminating the need to rewrite boilerplate code for a new app or download individual libraries. Mozilla describes them as follows in one of its documentation pages: “A framework is a library that offers opinions about how software gets built. … continue reading
Styra, the company behind Open Policy Agent (OPA), has announced a new solution for scanning configuration files for errors. The new feature, Repo Scan, is included as part of Styra Declarative Authorization Service (DAS). According to Styra, cloud components and platforms like AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure are governed and controlled by automated tooling, and … continue reading
