The automated testing platform Code Intelligence recently announced that it has integrated its open-source JavaScript fuzz testing engine, Jazzer.js, into Jest, a unit testing framework for JavaScript. Jazzer.js is a free, coverage-guided, in-process fuzzer spanning the Node.js platform. It is currently available within JavaScript’s node package manager. With this, developers can use Jest for both … continue reading
The team at Microsoft has announced an extension in Visual Studio that allows users to upgrade their .NET Framework or .NET Core web and desktop applications directly within Visual Studio. According to the blog post, if a user’s application is built for .NET Framework or .NET Core, now is the time to upgrade to .NET … continue reading
The 2023 Call for Code, a global program that invites developers around the world to contribute to open-source technology projects that address social and humanitarian issues, has recently been announced by creator David Clark, founding partner IBM, charitable partner United Nations Human Rights, and program affiliate the Linux Foundation. This year’s Call for Code is … continue reading
Databricks, provider of a cloud-based data engineering tool for processing and transforming large amounts of data, today announced the Visual Studio Code extension for Databricks. According to the company, this new extension will allow developers to write their code locally utilizing the editing capabilities of VS Code, connect to Databricks clusters and run code remotely, … continue reading
The Android development team today announced the general availability of the first preview version of Android 14. With this preview, developers gain access to several new features, such as more ways to build applications and take advantage of the full Android ecosystem. This brings alterations to API behaviors so users can have a more consistent … continue reading
Google recently announced that Bard, its new experimental conversational AI service powered by LaMDA, has been opened up to select testers before it becomes more widely available in the coming weeks. Bard is intended to foster the combination of knowledge with the power, intelligence, and creativity of Google’s language models. The AI service utilizes information … continue reading
The team at Netlify, the modern web development platform, has announced its acquisition of Gatsby Inc., provider of a cloud platform for web delivery and content orchestration, and creators of the open-source framework Gatsby. According to Netlify, this latest acquisition is geared at further supporting its 3 million users with the addition of Gatsby’s open-source, … continue reading
Platform engineering company Jetpack.io has formally launched with its main offering of Devbox Cloud, a managed service offering for the open-source project Devbox. Devbox enables developers to define development environments by selecting their preferred tools one time and then recreating those same environments locally everytime. With Devbox Cloud, developers can share those environments with others … continue reading
When changing lanes on the highway, one of the most important things for drivers to remember is to always check their blind spot. Failing to do this could lead to an unforeseen, and ultimately avoidable, accident. The same is true for development teams in an organization. Failing to provide developers with insight into their tools … continue reading
Jellyfish, the engineering management platform, today announced Life Cycle Explorer, a solution that works to detect bottlenecks in the life cycle of engineering work in order to help teams adapt workflow processes. The team stated that this release allows users to dig deeper into their processes to reveal the root cause of process breakdowns so … continue reading
Data streaming services provider Confluent today announced updates made to Confluent Cloud geared at assisting organizations in building a secured shared services platform for data streaming. According to the company, the shared services architectural model is especially helpful today, as businesses tighten their budgets and new competition emerges almost constantly. Confluent has added OAuth support, … continue reading
Apple recently announced that there will be changes made to the App Store’s commerce and payment system. These changes will be made based on changes in certain regions’ taxes and foreign exchange rates. The changes will go into effect on February 13, 2023 and will alter the prices of apps and in-app purchases on the … continue reading
