Contrast Security launched its developer-focused education program Contrast Security Learning Hub and the Contrast Community forum to broaden access to secure coding practices. The learning hub is a free program that provides interactive lessons on vulnerabilities across different languages and ecosystems. The program covers existing OWASP topics and JavaScript, Java, .NET, and Node.js programming languages. … continue reading
Android 13 is now available for Android TV, Google’s Smart TV platform. This update brings with it a number of new features and improvements, including support for user controls for preferred resolution and refresh rate on supported HDMI source devices, and better ways to deliver high-quality experiences to users on different device types. The release … continue reading
In the summer of 2018, Darius Faison was an incoming sophomore Computer Science major at Morehouse College. Unfortunately, due to a lack of experience with the technical interviewing process, Faison found himself stuck without an internship. In order to ensure this would be the last time that he faced this problem, Faison dedicated his time … continue reading
Office closures and people starting to work from home became the new normal in 2022, creating both logistical problems and big opportunities for many software development organizations. In the fall of 2021, a Google study found that more than 75% of respondents said they expect hybrid work – splitting time between an office and working … continue reading
AWS re:Invent kicked off today with many new releases in the analytics, AI, compute, database, and more spaces. The event will last through December 1st. AWS Glue 4.0 released The new version of the scalable serverless tool built to accelerate the development and execution of data integration and ETL workloads received updated engines, support for … continue reading
In a study of its development teams, Meta has noticed a strong correlation of developer satisfaction dipping whenever diff review times are slow based on several metrics at the company. Diff reviews refer to any individual set of changes made to the codebase. Diff reviews which can catch bugs, teach best practices, and ensure high … continue reading
Snyk announced many innovations that extend the scope of the company’s Developer Security Platform during its SnykLaunch Fall 2022 event. This includes the general availability of Snyk Cloud, which offers tools to help fix software vulnerabilities such as a vulnerability scanner and a patch management system that was launched in July 2022 with limited availability. … continue reading
GitHub announced several new products designed to accelerate the company’s push into major enterprises. GitHub Copilot will soon bring its AI-pair programmer to businesses with added admin controls and the ability to manage licenses. Copilot uses OpenAI Codex to suggest code and functions in real time right in the editor. “Hey GitHub” also makes Copilot … continue reading
Test automation coverage has rebounded after a dip last year, according to SmartBear’s State of Quality Testing 2022 report. SmartBear conducted a global online survey over the course of five weeks earlier this year. The findings are based upon aggregated responses from more than 1,500 software developers, testers, IT/operations professionals, and business leaders across many … continue reading
Apptio, the technology business management company, today announced new product updates intended to help companies that are looking to more strongly control of their costs within challenging economic conditions According to the company, these features offer decision-makers improved visibility and insights into their technology spending, offering a better understanding and communication of important business metrics … continue reading
With the release of Uno Platform 4.6, Uno will add support for .NET 7 when it launches on November 8th. The support consists of two parts: one is for WebAssembly and Skia (Gtk+WPF), the software library for graphics processing, and the other is for Mobile targets such as iOS, Android, Catalyst and macOS. Adding the … continue reading
Stargate is a data API gateway built on top of Apache Cassandra. The API gateway was created as a way to let developers work in frameworks and structures familiar to them without having to know all the particulars of the underlying database. Stargate v2 is now generally available with more flexible deployments and makes it … continue reading
