Topic: software development
SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Cedar
AWS open-sourced a language called Cedar that enables users to easily create and enforce access control policies. It provides a unified framework for policy creation and management across multiple clouds, simplifies policy writing, and supports popular authorization models such as role-based and attribute-based access control. Additionally, AWS has adopted a verification-guided development process to ensure … continue reading
Harness announces new feature to proactively identify errors
The new Harness Continuous Tracking (CET) release is designed to provide developer-first observability for modern applications to proactively identify and solve errors across the SDLC. The Harness CET provides several advantages to developers, such as minimizing the occurrence of defects that go undetected, removing the need for manual troubleshooting, and enabling quicker resolution of customer … continue reading
GitHub launches new code search and code view
GitHub released its new code search and code view to enable developers to quickly search, navigate and understand their code, and put critical information into context. The new code search engine has been remodeled to be two times faster than the old one and has more capabilities such as supporting substring queries, regular expressions, and … continue reading
Microsoft Bing AI moves to Open Preview, eliminating waitlist
Microsoft announced that it is opening Bing’s new AI chat feature to more people by moving from limited preview to open preview and eliminating the waitlist for trial as part of its initiative for the next generation of AI-powered Bing and Edge. Users can simply sign into Bing with their Microsoft account. Microsoft also announced … continue reading
CMake Tools 1.14 in VS Code adds Test Explorer for CTest
In CMake Tools 1.14 in VS Code, Microsoft provided a new Test Explorer for using CTest with CMake projects. In CMake projects, users can simply click the “Run CTest” icon along the bottom status bar or the “Testing” side panel icon to launch the test explorer. When the project is configured, the tests in your … continue reading
InfluxDB 3.0 released with rebuilt database and storage engine for time series analytics
InfluxDB announced expanded time series capabilities across its product portfolio with the release of InfluxDB 3.0, the company’s rebuilt database and storage engine for time series analytics. “InfluxDB 3.0 is a major milestone for InfluxData, developed with cutting-edge technologies focused on scale and performance to deliver the future of time series,” said Evan Kaplan, CEO … continue reading
Slack’s new platform makes it easier for developers to build and distribute apps
Slack has launched its next-generation platform with new features and capabilities to make it easier for developers to build and distribute apps on the Slack platform. The platform includes modular architecture grounded in building blocks like functions, triggers, and workflows. They’re remixable, reusable, and hook into everything flowing in and out of Slack. It also … continue reading
InstallAware improves IDE’s visual designers and setup engine in Multi Platform Beta 4
InstallAware announced updates such as instant access to commonly used operations, setup build modes with output folders, significant improvements to the IDE’s visual designers and the setup engine, and more in the latest Multi Platform Beta 4 release. Developers can benefit from larger IDE fonts and unified dialog theme file names in the latest beta. … continue reading
How tech professionals can survive amidst the looming threat of layoffs
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems that no one is safe from the strain of inflation, economic downturn, and a loss of job security. The instability of the current economy has become a proverbial dark cloud hanging over businesses and employees alike. Most prominently, the technology industry has felt this tension as … continue reading
Android Studio Flamingo released with several UI improvements
Google announced that the latest version of its IDE for building Android apps, Android Studio Flamingo, is now stable. The new release of the IDE includes improvements to help build UIs with Live Edit, new features that assist with inspecting apps, IntelliJ updates, and more. Developers can build an app using Compose by pushing code … continue reading
Android updates data deletion policy to provide more transparency to users
Google announced a new data deletion policy to provide users with more transparency and authority when it comes to managing their in-app data. Developers will soon be required to include an option in their apps for users to initiate the process of deleting their account and associated data both within the app and online on … continue reading
Most severe supply chain attacks occur due to third-party dependencies
Software supply chain attacks occur primarily because most software development involves using third-party dependencies. The most severe attacks occur on a “Zero Day,” which refers to vulnerabilities that have been discovered without any available patch or fix, according to William Manning, solution architect at DevOps platform provider JFrog, in an ITOps Times Live! on-demand webinar … continue reading
