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#application-development

Accelerating the Cloud: The Final Steps - SitePoint

Cloud native platforms are a powerful alternative to x86-based compute.

Cloud native application development involves breaking applications into smaller microservices. [ more ]

InfoQ

From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos

Observability goes beyond traditional metrics monitoring and collects various types of data to understand the overall state of the production environment.

Observability helps identify unknown unknowns and can help reduce infrastructure costs. [ more ]

DevOps.com

InfluxData Delivers Revamped Database for Real-Time Processing

By: Mike Vizard on
InfluxData has made good on a promise to deliver a next-generation time-series database that enables observability and monitoring tools used by DevOps teams to ingest high volumes of data more cost-efficiently.In addition, for the first time, the latest iteration of the InfluxDB database supports the de facto standard SQL query language.

DevOps.com

OpsVerse Adds Backstage Catalogue to Managed DevOps Service

By: Mike Vizard on

OpsVerse this week added an open source Backstage catalogue software for building developer portals to its managed DevOps service.

DevOps.com

Business intelligence

Dynatrace Adds Grail Data Lakehouse to Observability Platform

By: Mike Vizard on

DevOps.com

CodeSee Unveils Enterprise Codebase Visualization Platform

By: Mike Vizard on CodeSee this week launched an enterprise platform based on its codebase visualization and mapping tools that makes it easier for developers to navigate and learn how an application was developed.

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DevOps.com

11 months ago

SapientAI Emerges From Stealth to Apply AI to App Testing

By: Mike Vizard on
SapientAI emerged from stealth today to automate the writing of test code using a combination of generative artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning algorithms and data science.Fresh from raising $5 million in seed funding, SapientAI CEO Rishi Singh said the goal is to leverage AI to push application testing further left using an AI Test Coder the company built.

New Relic

Security Mindset Tips for Engineers

As a software engineer, having a security mindset is essential to ensure you are developing reliable production-ready software.New Relic recently hosted a Twitter Space with Harry Kimpel from Snyk and Frank Dornberger from movingimage to discuss how software engineers can develop a security mindset.

DevOps.com

Information security

Update to Open Source ZAP Tool Improves DAST Performance

By: Mike Vizard on
An update to the OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) open source dynamic application security testing (DAST) tool made available today improves performance by employing a multi-threaded passive scanner engine.Version 2.12.0 of ZAP also adds support for HTTP/2 and should make it simpler to update the vulnerability scanning tool by making the spider that discovers new resources an add-on that is now capable of discovering more URLs.

DevOps.com

Endor Labs Applies Graph Analysis to Secure Software Supply Chains

By: Mike Vizard on

Endor Labs exited stealth mode today to launch a platform that applies graph analysis to identify the depth of dependencies that exist within an application.

DevOps.com

Information security

Security Compass Makes Visualizing AppSec Threats Simpler

By: Mike Vizard on

Security Compass this week updated its threat modeling platform for developers to make it easier to surface application security issues.

DevOps.com

flox Unveils More Accessible Instance of Nix Framework

By: Mike Vizard on
This week, flox launched a more opinionated implementation of the open source Nix framework that programmatically automates package management and system configuration.Fresh from raising an additional $16.5 million in funding, flox CEO Ron Efroni said the company will also make an enterprise edition of its namesake flox framework available later this year.

DevOps.com

Culture a Stumbling Block to DevOps, DevSecOps

By: Nathan Eddy on
Organizations are struggling to improve DevSecOps practices as they confront a lack of cultural alignment and investment, according to a global Progress of more than 600 IT, security, application development and DevOps decision-makers.Many companies are behind in achieving their DevOps and DevSecOps goals, with 73% of organizations saying they could be doing more.

ComputerWeekly.com

Security Think Tank: Shift left, shift right. What about shift everywhere?

It is a long-held belief that security needs to become more prominent in the development lifecycle.Instilling this belief in the developer community, however, has proven to be rather challenging.

SD Times

Think low-code is just for citizen developers? Think again - SD Times

I'm a big believer in the power of low-code platforms to redefine who can create and how they work.And I believe that it can have a similarly transformative impact on professional developers.

DevOps.com

Kubecost Expands Open Source Project, Community Involvement, and Enterprise Customers in 1H of 2022

By: Veronica Haggar on

DevOps.com

Checkly Adds Monitoring-as-Code to Testing Platform

By: Mike Vizard on
Checkly this week added a monitoring-as-code (MaC) workflow capability to its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that is used to create synthetic tests for applications.The Checkly platform spins up browsers to test and can now monitor how applications are performing at both the user interface and application programming interface (API) level.

ComputerWeekly.com

Business Leaders Will Trade Speed for Security

By: Mike Vizard on

InfoQ

What's New in Red Hat OpenShift Q1 2024 Enhancements

Red Hat announces OpenShift 4.15 with new features for application build and compatibility with AKS and EKS. [ more ]

DevOps.com

2 months ago

ngrok Previews API Gateway Service to Streamline App Networking - DevOps.com

ngrok has released an API gateway that can be consumed as a service.

This allows application development teams to route API traffic, authenticate and authorize access, and apply rate-limiting policies without deploying and maintaining their own API gateways. [ more ]

DevOps.com

How to Manage Multi-Cloud Infrastructure and Reduce Costs - DevOps.com

The public cloud has been a game changer for businesses, allowing for more efficient data storage, agile application development, and reduced burdens on data centers.

The shift to the cloud has created both innovation and complexity, with organizations needing to focus on cloud consumption visibility and minimizing cloud waste. [ more ]

DevOps.com

BMC Adds More Tools to Modernize Mainframe Applications - DevOps.com

BMC has introduced a tool that uses machine learning to break apart monolithic COBOL mainframe applications

The tool visually maps the application and allows for easier debugging, refactoring, and onboarding of new developers [ more ]

DevOps.com

Using Low-Code/No-Code to Fast-Track Enterprise Solutions - DevOps.com

Enterprises are shifting to low-code/no-code development for faster and more accessible application development.

The no-code/low-code platform market is expected to grow to $12.3 billion in 2024. [ more ]

DevOps.com

Vega Cloud Commits to Reducing Cloud Costs

By: Mike Vizard on
Vega Cloud today made a commitment to save customers at least 10% on their cloud infrastructure spending or it won't charge for its software.Vega Cloud's software automates cloud infrastructure management.The Vega Cloud platform enables IT teams to connect, automate, manage and optimize new and existing networks, applications and other multi-cloud IT environments from a single console.

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Coindesk

4 weeks ago

Cryptocurrency

VanEck CEO Says Transaction Fee Is Bigger Story Than Bitcoin or Ethereum ETFs

Transaction fees are a crucial focus in the cryptocurrency industry for building applications.

Solana and layer 2 solutions offer lower and more predictable transaction costs compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum. [ more ]

news.bitcoin.com

Cryptocurrency

Crypto Winter No Longer Has Big Impact on Long-Term Industry Growth, EY Executive Says Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

EY's global blockchain leader says that for the first time ever, crypto's price swings do not have that big of an impact on the long-term growth of the industry.Nonetheless, he stressed: It is also important that regulators crack down on obvious Ponzi schemes faster and with more severity.EY's Brody on Crypto Winter Paul Brody, global blockchain leader at EY, discussed the crypto winter, the need for regulation, and the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in an interview published by the Mint publication Thursday.

InfoQ

2 months ago

Ruby on Rails

Loco Is a New Framework for Rust Inspired by Rails

Rust's Loco framework offers advantages over Rails, targeting Rust developers for MVC-style applications.

Inspired by 'The One Person Framework,' Loco simplifies application development for single developers, while potentially sacrificing flexibility. [ more ]

Amazon Web Services

Announcing Generative AI CDK Constructs | Amazon Web Services

Generative AI CDK Constructs is an open-source extension of AWS CDK that provides well-architected multi-service patterns for generative AI projects.

The initial release includes five CDK constructs for generative AI capabilities like question and answering, summarization, and model deployment. [ more ]

Amazic

Microsoft to Set Pace of AI Innovation for DevOps in 2024 - Amazic

Microsoft is investing in generative AI to transform DevOps workflows on Azure cloud.

Microsoft Copilot for Azure and GitHub's Copilot Workspace are two AI tools that aim to accelerate application development and deployment. [ more ]

DevOps.com

GitHub Aims to Expand Copilot Scope and Reach in 2024 - DevOps.com

GitHub is launching Copilot Workspace, a platform that uses AI to propose application development plans.

Copilot Workspace generates editable documents that can be used to create code and automatically fixes errors.

GitHub is also expanding Copilot's capabilities to include collaboration features and integration with third-party tools. [ more ]

DevOps.com

GitHub Aims to Expand Copilot Scope and Reach in 2024 - DevOps.com

GitHub is launching Copilot Workspace, a platform that uses AI to propose application development plans.

Copilot Workspace generates editable documents that can be used to create code and automatically fixes errors.

GitHub is also expanding Copilot's capabilities to include collaboration features and integration with third-party tools. [ more ]

DevOps.com

GitHub Aims to Expand Copilot Scope and Reach in 2024 - DevOps.com

GitHub is launching Copilot Workspace, a platform that uses AI to propose application development plans.

Copilot Workspace generates editable documents that can be used to create code and automatically fixes errors.

GitHub is also expanding Copilot's capabilities to include collaboration features and integration with third-party tools. [ more ]

TechRepublic

How to build flows in Microsoft's Power Automate with AI to speed up app development

Low- and no-code development is an important piece of the modern IT landscape and provides a way for users to fill the app gap by building the tools they need using workflow automation and simple UI tooling.There's no need to learn complex programming languages: All you need to do is add rules to connections between applications, data and users.

App Developer Magazine

AI app development assistant lands from NodeSource| App Developer Magazine

NodeSource has launched an AI assistant called N|Solid Copilot for Node.js.

The N|Solid Copilot can provide real-time analysis, anomaly detection, and security vulnerability identification.

This AI assistant aims to empower teams to build and maintain great software solutions. [ more ]

DevOps.com

Using Low-Code/No-Code to Fast-Track Enterprise Solutions - DevOps.com

Enterprises are shifting to low-code/no-code development for faster and more accessible application development.

The no-code/low-code platform market is expected to grow to $12.3 billion in 2024. [ more ]

DevOps.com

Using Low-Code/No-Code to Fast-Track Enterprise Solutions - DevOps.com

Enterprises are shifting to low-code/no-code development for faster and more accessible application development.

The no-code/low-code platform market is expected to grow to $12.3 billion in 2024. [ more ]

DevOps.com

Postman Releases Tool for Building Apps Using APIs

By: Mike Vizard on
Postman today made generally available a visual tool infused with artificial intelligence (AI) that makes it simpler to build software by invoking application programming interfaces (APIs) found on its network.Shamasis Bhattacharya, chief software architect for Postman API, said Postman Flows makes it possible to use a low-code tool to build software using tens of thousands of APIs that can be found on the Postman API network.

Medium

Web frameworks

Mastering React Development: Building Modern Web Apps with Ease

Composable software enables developers to create, update, and maintain applications with smaller, reusable code pieces.

Bit revolutionizes app development by allowing the creation and management of independent, reusable components.

Using independent components offers advantages such as reusability and scalability. [ more ]

Medium

Web frameworks

Mastering React Development: Building Modern Web Apps with Ease

Composable software enables developers to create, update, and maintain applications with smaller, reusable code pieces.

Bit revolutionizes app development by allowing the creation and management of independent, reusable components.

Using independent components offers advantages such as reusability and scalability. [ more ]

TechRepublic

10 months ago

Information security

Hiring kit: Cryptographer

Hiring a cryptographer requires a comprehensive understanding of the role, its responsibilities, and the qualifications needed for success.

When recruiting for the position, it is important to create a job description that outlines the specific qualifications and experience in cryptography that are required for the role. [ more ]

VentureBeat

11 months ago

Data science

Snowflake CIO identifies AI focus in 2023 data trends report

Snowflake got its start by bringing data warehouse technology to the cloud, but now in 2023, like every other vendor, it finds artificial intelligence (AI) permeating nearly every discussion.In an exclusive interview with VentureBeat, Sunny Bedi, CIO and CDO at Snowflake, detailed the latest findings from his company's 2023 Data Trends Report, which is being released today.

DevOps.com

GitLab Strengthens Remote DevOps Management

By: Mike Vizard on
GitLab this week moved to provide remote developers with access to a more secure continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform while at the same time adding a dashboard that makes it simpler to track the overall status of application development projects.David DeSanto, chief product officer for GitLab, said GitLab Remote Development takes advantage of an instance of the GitLab CI/CD platform running on a Kubernetes cluster.

DevOps.com

SAP Adds Low-Code Platform to Build Custom Apps Faster

By: Mike Vizard on
At the SAP TechEd 2022 conference, SAP SE today announced it has added a low-code platform, dubbed SAP Build, to its portfolio to make it simpler for organizations to build custom applications.Sebastian Schrötel, vice president and head of low-code/no-code solutions for SAP, said SAP Build is designed to make the company's low-code tools more accessible to a wider range of developers, including so-called citizen developers that generally don't have a lot of programming expertise.

ZDNet

Web development

Full-stack web development bootcamps: Top programs and what to expect

A full-stack web development bootcamp provides training in front- and back-end development.It also covers the most useful programming languages, web applications, and database architectures.

DevOps.com

Armory Extends Scope of Spinnaker CD Distribution

By: Mike Vizard on

Armory today updated both the self-hosted and managed editions of its distribution of the open source Spinnaker continuous delivery (CD) platform.

Topenddevs

JavaScript

- Top End Devs

In this episode of Adventures in Angular the panel is Ward Bell, Alyssa Nicoll, Joe Eames, and Charles Max Wood.The panel talks to special guest Mike Hartington about Ionic.Tune in to learn more!

Echojs

JavaScript

Mern Stack Developers - Aparajayah

The MERN stack is a set of technologies that makes application development go faster.

Developers from all over the world utilize it.

DevOps.com

Armory Aims to Turn Continuous Delivery Into a Service

By: Mike Vizard on

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