GitHub announced a new feature for Dependabot alerts that helps developers see how vulnerabilities affect their code. Dependabot alerts use GitHub’s precise code navigation engine to determine if a repository directly calls a vulnerable function. The new feature marks a shift in how GitHub curates information on vulnerable packages from the Advisory Database to curating … continue reading
Facebook announced that it open-sourced Lexical, an extensible JavaScript web text-editor library that emphasizes reliability, accessibility and performance. The project’s set of editor states represent the current and pending states of the editor at any given time. Developers can attach a content-editable DOM element to editor instances, and also register listeners and commands. Users can … continue reading
Cadence is a fault-tolerant stateful code platform created by Uber that enables users to write stateful applications without worrying about handling the complexity of handling process failures. Workflows provide primitives to enable application developers to express complex business logic as code. It also provides asynchronous history event replication that can help users recover from zone … continue reading
Atlassian recently announced the release of Compass, a developer portal and single source of truth for developers to conquer the increasing complexity of manufacturing software and the tool sprawl that comes with it. This release comes from Atlassian’s Point A program which works to create new products with the help of current users. Compass brings … continue reading
Today, Atlassian released the 2022 State of the Developer report. The findings showed that half (50%) of developers surveyed are currently experiencing a strong level of autonomy when it comes to determining how they work, what they work on, and what tools they are using. Of that 50%, 87% said they are happy with their … continue reading
React 18 was launched with out-of-the-box improvements like automatic batching, new APIs like startTransition, and streaming server-side rendering with support for Suspense. The new features are built on top of the new opt-in concurrent renderer which is only enabled when someone uses a concurrent feature. Concurrency enables React to prepare multiple versions of a UI … continue reading
The library operating system MirageOS 4.0 has been released with better integrations and a significant change in how MirageOS compiles projects. The project constructs unikernels for secure, high-performance, low-energy footprint applications across various hypervisor and embedded platforms. The MirageOS networking code powers Docker Desktop’s VPNKit and is also in use in Citrix Hypervisor, Nitrokey, Robur, … continue reading
xGitGuard is a tool built by Comcast to keep inadvertently uploaded authentication secrets out of GitHub repositories that is now available as open-source software. It can be used to scan GitHub at scale and identify proprietary authentication secrets, specifically passwords, API keys, and tokens. Development teams can use xGitGuard to identify credentials in their own … continue reading
With so many different testing frameworks and tools on the market today, it can be a challenge to determine which is the right fit for you and your organization. Recently, there has been a great deal of talk about Cypress, the open-source end-to-end testing framework for web test automation. Andrew Knight, developer advocate at Applitools … continue reading
The team at GitLab recently announced the release of GitLab 14.9, bringing users new features such as epic to epic linking, integrated security training, a new Environments page design, and rule mode for scan result policies. This update supports linking epics using “related,” “blocking,” or “blocked” relationships, allowing users to track and manage epic dependencies … continue reading
San Francisco, CA, March 21, 2022 – InstallAware Software, the technology leader in software installation, repackaging, and virtualization solutions for application builders and enterprises, is launching InstallAware X15 on Friday this week. InstallAware is the most flexible platform for traditional and agile development teams creating Windows and Azure software installers, as well as MSIX, APPX, … continue reading
Android announced its Developer Preview 2 yesterday which focuses on additional features and changes on top of last month’s original preview. The new preview comes after the 12L feature drop was moved to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) last week, enabling developers to take advantage of over 250+ million large-screen Android devices. Android 13 … continue reading
