In 2020, WebAIM released a report that revealed 98.1% of web pages had at least one failure to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. Today, Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and being aware of—and acting on—accessibility issues as a developer is more important than ever if that percentage is … continue reading
Netlify announced it acquired FeaturePeek, a project that enables developer teams to preview frontend content. With the acquisition, FeaturePeek’s developer collaboration product is now a core capability within the next generation of Netlify Deploy Previews. The new generation of Deploy Previews offers live automated previews, a floating UI, feedback that is automatically synced to the … continue reading
No-code platform Unqork has announced the latest version of its platform. Unqork 2021.5 adds new software development life cycle (SDLC) features, such as API auto-documentation, data model auto-documentation, and application rollback. “The way that we’re approaching this release is it’s all focused on the SDLC,” said Nick Gamble, vice president of solutions at Unqork. “I … continue reading
Amazon Web Services is making its fully managed container application service generally available this week. AWS App Runner is designed to help developers easily and rapidly develop, deploy and run containerized web applications and APIs by handling all the operational aspects such as provisioning, scaling and managing container orchestration, load balancing and CI/CD pipelines. According … continue reading
The Angular team has announced the release of Angular DevTools, which is a Chrome DevTools extension. It can be used to help with debugging Angular applications. Angular recently ran a survey of Angular developers and identified that the areas of the debugging experience that need the most focus include improvements in error messages, understanding change … continue reading
Google is making a number of improvements and updates across its cloud, security, AI and Android platforms at its virtual Google I/O conference this week. Top announcements included: The beta version of Android 12 Android 12 features a more personal experience, fluid motions and animations, redesigned system spaces, and new privacy features. “Android 12 builds … continue reading
The latest version of Ionic’s open-source cross-platform native runtime for building Progressive Web Apps, and iOS, Android desktop applications is now available. Ionic Capacitor 3.0 comes with new features aimed at improving developer experience, performance and native platform support. The solution was first introduced in 2019 as an alternative for developers using Apache Cordova and … continue reading
Google is dedicated to providing a more modern Android development experience with new improvements, major updates, and new releases announced across the platform at this year’s Google I/O conference. This is the first virtual Google I/O event the company is hosting since the pandemic started last year. According to Karen Ng, product lead for Android … continue reading
The release of LeanIX SaaS Intelligence uses machine learning and integrations to automatically capture, analyze and report all SaaS applications within the enterprise. According to the company, the new solution automatically identifies unmanaged contracts, duplicate licenses and wasted cloud software subscriptions. “We enable companies to make their IT landscape fully visible and easily manageable and … continue reading
The Java low-code platform provider WaveMaker has announced version 10.7 of its solution. The latest release features better support for working in branches. According to the company, working in branches enables a standard software development life cycle workflow by ensuring fixes are made without stalling team progress. The 10.7 release includes branching support for hotfixes … continue reading
Value streams are not a new concept, having been talked about over 30 years ago by Dr. Allen Ward, the author of “Lean Product and Process Development,” but until the last few years, there has been tremendous variability in how people define value streams. With the rise of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), more and … continue reading
Perforce has announced it will acquire AI-based mobile testing provider 21 Labs. The company hopes this acquisition will strengthen its portfolio of automated testing solutions. Recently Perforce added new features to its testing suite such as Perforce Scriptless, a no-code web testing solution, and the ability to test on virtual devices. Last year the company … continue reading
Code Dx and Secure Code Warrior teamed up to launch Project Better Code, which aims to help organizations push the pace of software development without compromising security. Code Dx has integrated Secure Code Warrior into its automated vulnerability management and correlation platform to offer contextual training specific to an organization’s vulnerabilities. “Oftentimes, there are thousands … continue reading
The Linux Foundation has announced that it will host the Lura Project, which was previously called KrakenD. According to the foundation, Lura is a framework for building API gateways. It acts as an aggregator for microservices and is a declarative tool for creating endpoints. “By being hosted at the Linux Foundation, the Lura Project will … continue reading
