Mobile DevOps company Bitrise has announced that it is acquiring Flare.Build, which is a company built around the Bazel build system. Bitrise will be integrating Flare.Build’s product suite into its Mobile DevOps ecosystem. According to Bitrise, this acquisition is part of the company’s larger goal to provide capabilities for managing and automating mobile operations from … continue reading
The open-source project for building and testing software quickly and reliably has reached a milestone 1.0 release. Bazel 1.0 features new genrule support, default exec_properties for all rules, gRPC connections with default TLS enabled, aapt2, fixed Windows path issues, and C++ and Java improvements. Bazel is also available in Angular as an opt-in preview in … continue reading
This week’s featured SD Times open-source project is taking a look at the multi-language and extensible build system the Angular team and Google is looking to bring to the developer ecosystem. Bazel is designed to speed up builds and tests; provide developers with one tool to work with multiple languages such as Java, C++, Android, … continue reading
Facebook captured the hearts of the open-source community this week by announcing the release of the iOS version of React Native on GitHub during its F8 developer conference. React, a JavaScript framework for native development environments, allows developers to build mobile UIs without browser or WebView involvement. React Native for Android will be coming soon, … continue reading
Apple has reportedly acquired NoSQL database startup FoundationDB, according to TechCrunch. FoundationDB has posted a notice informing its community it will no longer offer downloads. The company has a scalable NoSQL database with ACID-compliant transactions, and has raised US$22.7 million in two funding rounds during its five-year startup run. Neither company has officially commented on … continue reading
