Apache ECharts graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a top-level Apache project, which means that the project’s community and products have been well-governed under the Apache Software Foundation’s meritocratic process and principles. ECharts, which recently reached version 5, is a charting and visualization library that is best suited for commercial-grade presentations, according to the … continue reading
Security Compass has announced a hands-on training lab for balanced development automation. The new interactive virtual lab offers training across multiple exploit scenarios to help developers understand common vulnerabilities and how to build secure software, the company explained. The training lab can now be added to existing subscriptions for the Software Security Practitioner (SSP) Suites, … continue reading
The Apache Foundation (ASF) has announced the open-source project Apache Superset is now a top-level project. Reaching top-level status indicates that the project has graduated from Apache’s incubation program and meets specific ASF requirements. Apache Superset is designed as a modern data exploration and visualization platform that enables users to build and explore dashboards through … continue reading
Ionic has announced the beta release of Ionic Capacitor 3.0. The new version of the cross-platform runtime includes improvements to community involvement, adaptability, first-class APIs, and developer experience and productivity. Ionic also added the Proposals repo to make it easier to plug in ideas into a project by creating proposals as well as gauge interest … continue reading
The latest release of the D programming language focuses on enhanced Objective-C support, adding the ability to declare Objective-C protocols, as well as improvements throughout the compiler, libraries, and tools, according to the developers behind the language in a post. The DLang team fixed the issue in which deprecation messages reported the source deep within … continue reading
Data integration company Software Tree introduced Gilhari, a microservices framework designed to simplify JSON persistence in relational databases. According to the company, developers can quickly develop high-performance, database-agnostic, and Docker-compatible RESTful solutions that need to interact with JSON data. “Developers shouldn’t have to jump through hoops to adapt to modern computing trends,” said Damodar Periwal, … continue reading
The update brings support for new JVM features like string concatenation via invokedynamic, improved performance and exception handling for KMM projects, and extensions for JDK Path: Path(“dir”) / “file.txt”. Kotlin 1.4.20 also introduces a new configuration block for the browser target called commonWebpackConfig. Inside it, users can adjust common settings from a single point, instead … continue reading
Merge Confidence is a new automated solution that helps developers safely update and remediate their open source dependencies by using a badge to show how likely an open source component can be updated without breaking the build. “Open source components are updated at such a staggering rate, it is impossible to manage this process manually. … continue reading
WhiteSource announced new vulnerability-based alerts designed to speed up and simplify the vulnerability management process. It will provide developers with flexibility when managing alerts as well as providing a more granular view of the issues, according to the company. “The number of known security vulnerabilities has been rising exponentially over the past few years, and … continue reading
Recently, there’s been a new change proposal for Cassandra indexing that attempts to reduce the tradeoff between usability and stability: Making the WHERE clause much more interesting and useful for end-users. This new method is called Storage-Attached Indexing (SAI). It’s not the flashiest name, but what do you expect? Engineers aren’t known for naming things, … continue reading
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced that Apache IoTDB is now a Top-Level Project. By graduating to a Top-Level Project, Apache IoTDB has proven that it and its community has been well-governed under the ASF’s processes and principles, the ASF explained. Apache IoTDB is an IoT database that is designed to meet the data, … continue reading
WhiteSource has announced it will now integrate with Microsoft Visual Studio Code Editor. According to the company, the integration gives Visual Studio Code developers visibility and security alerts on problematic open-source components while continuing to develop within their preferred development environment. “Integrating security testing pre-build allows issues to be detected earlier when they are easier … continue reading
